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    "id": 1005369,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "goldmines not benefitting because they are exploited. We should ensure that exploitation of people is minimized or is at zero. There is need for people to benefit from the resources that come from their land. A certain amount of money that comes from these resources should go to the families and the locals. The locals need to benefit in a situation where there are natural resources on their land. Madam Deputy Speaker, we must see how to protect Kenyans and ensure that when natural resources are identified among our local people, let the beneficiaries be the local people. There is no need of having foreigners coming to exploit the locals when resources are there. This is an issue that should be treated with the seriousness that it deserves. I thank Sen. Cherargei for bring up this issue. It should not only be looked at from his county, but from all the counties where there are natural resources. Let the locals benefit through employment. You will find that where such natural resources are there, you will still find youths are idle and do not have jobs. Men and women are languishing in poverty. Moreover, you will find that children are not able to go to school, yet there is a big factory and natural resources have been discovered in that region. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should be embrace heavily by those who utilize these resources and the locals need to be employed in those mining sites. We cannot just sit as we see our people being exploited. We cannot just watch when our natural resources are exploited, but a lot of money is taken by foreigners. There is no way a person from Kenya can go to America, get natural resources and run with the idea. It can never happen. We have to protect our own in Kenya and we have to ensure that the riches that are God given are utilized as we thank God. We need to see our children going to school and development, so that we have a reason to thank God. Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko has just talked about man domineering the earth. It is something that is natural and it is even in the Bible that we have to dominate. In dominating, it does not mean or connotes being exploited. This exploitation of our own should come to an end. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I support this Statement and believe that the Committee that will deal with this issue will do justice to the people of Eldoret, Kakamega and anywhere else where natural resources are available."
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