{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160063","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160061","results":[{"id":1618812,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618812/?format=json","text_counter":239,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Next Order."},{"id":1618813,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618813/?format=json","text_counter":240,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"MOTION"},{"id":1618814,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618814/?format=json","text_counter":241,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Bowen, before you move, allow me to acknowledge in the Speaker's Gallery, Arnesens Boys High School from Ainabkoi in Uasin Gishu County. On behalf of myself and the House and the Member for Ainabkoi…"},{"id":1618815,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618815/?format=json","text_counter":242,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"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."},{"id":1618816,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618816/?format=json","text_counter":243,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Hon. Samwel Chepkonga spoke off the record)"},{"id":1618817,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618817/?format=json","text_counter":244,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"You want to say something? One minute only because we are interrupting the moving of a Motion. Go ahead."},{"id":1618818,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618818/?format=json","text_counter":245,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ainabkoi, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Samwel Chepkonga","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for your very kind and generous generosity in allowing me to recognise, on behalf of the House, the students from Arnesens High School in Ainabkoi Constituency. This is a boys' school, which has many students. It is the biggest boys' school in Ainabkoi Constituency. When I see these students, it reminds me of what the late President of South Africa said: That education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change your world. Their visit to this House will, indeed, change their world. It is an educational tour, and what they have seen will change their world. I encourage them to continue to study and to excel in their exams. I wish them well when they sit for their exams. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1618819,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618819/?format=json","text_counter":246,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you. I join you in welcoming the students, the teachers and those accompanying them to the House of Parliament. Hon. Bowen, proceed."},{"id":1618820,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618820/?format=json","text_counter":247,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY"},{"id":1618821,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618821/?format=json","text_counter":248,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Marakwet East, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kangogo Bowen","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). Hon. Speaker, the BBNJ Agreement was tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, 29th April 2025, and subsequently referred to the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 178. The Committee was mandated to facilitate public participation and make an appropriate recommendation on whether the House should approve with reservations or reject the ratification of the Agreement. The Agreement provides a comprehensive framework to address the critical gaps in the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The Agreement was adopted on 19th June 2023 in New York, USA, by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond the National Jurisdiction under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly, and it addresses quite a number of issues. Some of those areas addressed by this Treaty are marine genetic resources, including a fair and equitable benefit sharing, the area-based management tools, which are used by the marines and those who are doing business in the marine environment and the environmental impact assessment."}]}