23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we all know that the African continent is becoming a borderless and seamless continent whereby if we are talking of the formation of free African trade, there is need for people to move across these imaginary boundaries that were brought by the colonialists. So, I inform the House that Members should be aware of this protocol. We call upon the Executive to bring this protocol to the House so that an implementation roadmap can be adopted and ratified as required by the Constitution and our treaty making laws. If 15 states could ratify it within the ...
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
I beg to Reply.
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was going to seek your indulgence that you defer this Motion to a later date when the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party will be ready to move it because as you have said, he is in another meeting.
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Luigi Broglio-Malindi Space Centre, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 26 June, 2019.
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Motion that I would have loved to move when this House is full to capacity because it has a lot of implications on the economy, technology and many other things in this country. The Luigi Broglio Malindi Space Centre formerly referred to as San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station is located in Ngomeni Village, Magarini Constituency, Kilifi County. It was established in 1962 by what was referred to as the Royal Technical College of Nairobi now the University of Nairobi (UoN) which signed an agreement with the University of Rome ...
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Let me just briefly explain several important Articles in this Agreement. Article two outlines the extent and use of the Space Centre. This Centre is defined as consisting of a mobile segment at sea for tracking and launching satellites and sub-orbital platform for space research at Ungwana Bay and a land based segment at Ngomeni. The Centre is about launching and tracking satellites at sea. The Space Centre is to be used for aerospace science, space science and technology, research and applications as well as tracking and monitoring space vehicles, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ...
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
navigation and any other activity mutually agreeable by the parties. It is only to be used for peaceful purposes.
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Article 3 of the agreement provides for other areas of cooperation between the two governments. The Italian Government commits one, to support the enhancement of the capacity of the Kenyan Space Agency. It is worth noting that we now have a National Space Agency Authority domicile under the Ministry of Defence. This is the one which the Italian Government commits under this agreement to support.
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23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Two, another commitment by the Italian Government is to train Kenya nationals identified by the Government of Kenya in Aerospace, Space Science and Technology, Defence courses and scholarship for training in other discipline. Three, is enhancing the capacity of public institutions of higher learning in Kenya to train persons in Space Science and Technology. The UoN is a public institution of higher learning which needs to be supported in terms of capacity building for purposes of these courses on technology and space science. Also in conjunction with the Kenyan Government, the Italian Government commits to support the development of the ...
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