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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "(d) oversee the administration of funds set aside for community projects to be implemented under a benefit sharing agreement;’ Sen. (Dr.) Zani should change that so that they come up with a mechanism in order for the community to get money directly. We now have to demystify what is local. There is ‘local’ and there is ‘Local’. What I mean is that if the people of the Maasai Mara are now benefitting from 19 per cent, that percentage should not benefit anyone else apart from the people who live in that area because they are the ones who are affected by the trucks which go out there for mining or the dust elicited by the tourist vans ferrying the tourists to the sites. If we separate what is local in terms of ensuring that the local community benefit and what is local in terms of the entire Narok County, then I would support this Bill entirely. Madam Temporary Speaker, finally, I hope that when we talk about promoting local content, we can then now look at the existing legislations. We do not want a situation where one legislation is created which affects the entire county yet situations are unique. The provisions of Article 191 of the Constitution must now come in play where if a situation is unique for a county, that county government legislation supersedes the national Government legislation. I plead with my sister to relook at the list of the natural resources that she is proposing for us to share the revenue and look at what the county governments are now using to collect their own source revenue. For example, sand harvesting is a huge mineral in Narok County. The Narok County Government makes a lot of money from cess collection. Is Sen. (Dr.) Zani now telling us that the money should now be collected by the KRA so that it is split between 60:40? We need to rethink that proposal. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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