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"content": "THE LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES BILL (Senate Bill No.4 of 2023)"
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"content": " Where is the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education? Is any Member of the Committee present? I think the Chairperson of the Committee is away on some official business. Therefore, the Bill is deferred."
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"content": "Next Order."
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"content": "THE TREATY-MAKING AND RATIFICATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL (National Assembly Bill No. 9 of 2024)"
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Treaty-making and Ratification (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 9 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. The principal object of this Bill is to amend the Treaty-making and Ratification Act, Chapter 4(d) of the Laws of Kenya, to include a special enactment procedure for economic treaties to strengthen participation of the National Assembly in treaty-making and enhance efficiency in the process. As the House is very much aware, all international treaties, conventions and agreements that our country ratifies become part of our domestic laws. They become part of domestic laws because they have to be brought to Parliament for ratification or approval. Once the country signs a treaty, it is brought to the House to be ratified so that it becomes part of our domestic laws. The problem we have had is that the treaties ratified since Independence became part of our domestic laws upon commencement of the current Constitution. After the commencement of the current Constitution, all treaties must come to the House for ratification. They are confirmed as part of our laws once that is done. However, there comes a time when this House must ask questions regarding what exactly those treaties are. We have to live with it since the input of the House is minimal and since it has no room to amend such treaties. Therefore, we have to live with it and ratify the treaties as they are. They are binding on us in their form. We are in breach of our own laws if The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "we breach them. That is why this proposal to amend the Act has been brought to the House. This is a very good Bill that seeks to make certain provisions that are peculiar to certain circumstances. Upon the passage of this Bill, this House will be involved in the treaty-making process."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, Clause 3 proposes to amend section 3 of the principle Act by deleting its provisions and introducing new provisions to pave way for the House to consider multilateral treaties, including treaties which deal with trade agreements, where Kenya undertakes to engage in fewer trade protections with other countries to promote more trade. The House will also consider treaties that relate to taxation, trade and investment or bilateral trade agreements between Kenya and any other countries that are involving in one-sided arrangement in which Kenya benefits from lower trade barriers from the other countries. There are four specific categories of agreements that will be required to be brought to the House not for ratification, but as the process begins."
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"content": "Clause 4 introduces new section 5A. This is where you find the objects of the Bill. It states that within 14 days of commencing negotiations for a treaty, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to treaty-making shall notify the National Assembly. What is to be brought to the attention of the House include: (a) the negotiation objectives; (b) the proposed heads of agreement; (c) the need for the treaty; (d) the potential benefits of the treaty to Kenya; (e) the implications of the agreement on— (i) the economy; (ii) existing agreements; (iii) laws; and, (iv) taxes."
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