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    "id": 956505,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to very briefly support the ratification of this Treaty, recognising the need to make sure that all treaties signed by the Government are ratified by Parliament for the obvious reason that before there were many treaties that were ratified by the Executive, only that Kenyans did not come to know of them and even the benefits that accrued could not trickle down. One of the most important things about ratifying these treaties in this House is that in the debates that we have, we also make it known to Kenyans that this opportunity exists and, if for nothing else, they would know that those who are gifted in this area can benefit from it, especially our young people. It will guarantee them some form of employment. So, I want to commend the Committee and the Executive for bringing it to the attention of Parliament, so that we can do what is expected of us. I think it is important to note that this Treaty was acted upon by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on 26th June 2012. That is a good seven years. You would wonder why it would take seven years for the Executive to get the Treaty to the Floor of the House for us to ratify. I see that it was tabled in Parliament on 8th November 2018. So, we cannot quite be blamed for the delay because since it was tabled, we are now acting on it in a short while. So the Executive will need to do better. There is another treaty, I cannot remember its title, which also came to the Floor of this House after quite a number of years. I see that we need 30 eligible parties to ratify. I may not have gone through the whole of the document. I do not know how The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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