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    "id": 1091222,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091222/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me first begin by thanking Sen. (Dr.) Zani for coming up with this Bill. I hope that we can look at this Bill and analyze it critically on the benefits that it would have in this era of devolved government structure. I have looked at the Bill keenly and there are some areas that I agree with, but in some areas, I have shared with Sen. (Dr.) Zani on the need to change those areas. I have looked at the list of the natural resources which have been outlined here, which include sunlight, water resources, forests, biodiversity, genetic resources, wildlife resources, industrial fishing and wind. When I look at that list as someone who comes from Narok, I see that list being very limiting. When you talk about the natural resources which are available in this country, in the Trans Mara region in Narok we have plenty of sand which is a natural resource. We have talked about mining, but I have not seen anything on mining. Last year, when we were discussing the Petroleum Act, we talked about benefit sharing of natural resources. We got into a serious debate when we were discussing the issue of percentages of local content. That is a grey area because there is no law. Sen. Moi sponsored the Local Content Bill, but I do not know what happened to it. I am also not sure whether the people who were proposing the benefit sharing in the Petroleum Act particularly on the issue of Turkana and how much the local communities should get, really thought about the issue of natural resources benefit sharing."
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