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    "id": 1091213,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this chance. First, I would like to thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing up this important Bill at this time. Right from the onset, this Bill at the preliminary level has opened up our minds and eyes concerning the details of this Bill. I am happy because of even the definition of some contextual terms especially when it comes to affected county and entity. It is so clear that who we are dealing with when it comes to exploitation of resources in a particular place. Remember that majority of the people in this country own land but the government has not given them title deeds. More often than not, you can say that wherever these important resources are found, it is possible to get wrong owners of land to benefit from these resources than the actual owners. This Bill will provide a clear framework that will support the utilization of resources in various counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill will provide solution to several conflicts. Wherever there are some important resources ranging from small ones such as water, minerals in Turkana and other parts of North Rift and the rest of these places. Wherever these resources are prospectively discovered what normally follows closely are conflicts. The way this particular Bill has been structured, it will naturally provide a solution to conflicts between the national Government and the county governments on exploitation of resources. It will also provide a solution of conflicts between county governments or any government and the local communities living in a particular area. We have heard of conflicts whereby sometimes the locals think that the utilization of resources in their areas will only benefit the national Government. For example, one time when we were in Taita Taveta trying to resolve human-wildlife conflict, we realized that almost three-quarters of the land in in Taita Taveta is animal national reserves and the people of Taita Taveta do not benefit from those animals in any way. In fact, more often than not you find that whenever those animals are in conflict with human beings through the destruction of their livelihood in terms of destroying their animals and crops the most disadvantaged entity are the residents of Taita Taveta and the surrounding areas."
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