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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "In Wajir, we have rare giraffes that are found nowhere else in the world. We have the Hirolas in Garissa, but they are not exploited properly. Tourists are not taken there because we are told that the area is insecure. How will that insecurity end if the locals are not encouraged to make use of their local resources? That is the only way that people can benefit from local resources. Madam Temporary Speaker, I come from Wajir North on the border of Kenya and Ethiopia. People come all the way from Ethiopia to exploit some of the trees that we have there. There are hardwood trees in the hills at the border. All of them have been cut down and taken to Ethiopia. People come all the way there to kill and collect the wildlife that is there. Five years ago, you could walk around and see a lion, giraffe, all types of antelopes, cheetahs and ostriches. You cannot see them now because they have all been killed. The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife is not doing anything because nobody cares about this wildlife. In some areas, they are leaving Wajir North and coming towards Marsabit because they are being taken care of at Mount Marsabit. From there they go to Isiolo where there are game reserves and game parks. Other times, you could see elephants coming all the way from Isiolo to those areas, but now they cannot because these animals are very bright. They will not go where they are not safe. The Government knows what they can get from natural resources like wildlife and mining. If these things are done properly, we will benefit in the long run. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was recently sharing that fish is brought from China. Do we have to bring fish from China? We have the Indian Ocean, Lake Victoria, Lake Turkana and all these other lakes in the Rift Valley where we can get a lot of fish. We are however importing fish from China. What a shame. We should instead try to help our fishermen. If there is hyacinth and these fish cannot survive in these areas, how do we clear it and help these people? There are a lot of ways of making sure that our people survive and do better. However, these things do not happen. While I congratulate their leader, I do not know how the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) can manage all this work. The way the Government of the day is, even sharing the resources is not very easy with the way things are now. If the CRA was to be given this job, I know that they would have done a good thing, but will they even be allowed? The CRA needs to expand to all the localities and counties to make sure that they look at the resources that are there and how they can maximize on this. Unfortunately, that will be something that might not see the light of day because the National Assembly, who think that they are the owners of this money, will not allow any other entity look into this. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the shame of this country. We cannot look at it and ask how our people and our counties benefit. When Members of the National Assembly talk, they believe that they do not come from counties. They say that they are from the national Government. Where is the constituency based? Unless we are able to look at all these things and see how things are happening, we will be in for a big shock. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is to collect money. I recently talked to some of the leadership in North Eastern Kenya about the border with Somali. There is a"
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