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    "id": 1091166,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091166/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill has a lot of very good provisions. From the functions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to the royalties that will be collected and it gives how they will be collected, the benefit sharing that is being driven by our counties and communities. To the financial and miscellaneous provisions, this is a progressive law. That having been said, there are certain concerns that I have in terms of some of the definitions. For instance, it says ‘affected county’ ‘affected community’ or ‘affected entity’ when they are not just affected; they are hosting. They are custodian counties. So, words like ‘custodian’ give people more ownership as opposed to ‘affected’ because these are not things that affect us; these are things that we have hosted. If it is animals, resources, minerals, we are custodians of them, not necessarily affected by them. As I was reading the Bill, I was hoping that some of the definitions can be refined to reflect the ownership, the hosting of these resources and not just being affected by them. At the same time, the organizations are being called affected organizations or affected entities. They are not just affected; they are exploiting entities. These are some of the things that we need to be very decisive about so that it is very clear who owns, who exploits, who shares, who does what and where. Madam Temporary Speaker, the provisions within this law that the coverage of what natural resources are from sunlight, water resources, forests, wildlife resources and wind. This just goes to show how rich our country is in natural resources. However, how is it that we are so rich yet so poor? We do not add value to the natural resources, it is perhaps exported in its raw form. Resources can be a curse if there are no right frameworks in place. This Bill will make sure that our resources do not become a curse to us and that there is a legislative and legal framework within which we will make sure that our resources are a blessing and not a source of strife and crisis for us. This Bill again will strengthen devolution. As it is now, natural resources are seen as a preserve of the national Government with very little input or inclusion of our"
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