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    "id": 1093920,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "best manage it if it is flowing from one county to another. How do you just agree on the benefit sharing where other counties are related? This is where we finally came up with CRA as an arbitrator in that, but also having these other various communities and committees which will cut across counties to address this. This becomes very critical. All the time, the CRA is going to be guided by the provisions of Clause 6. Looking at specific things that are key in terms of defining the benefit sharing that should go. They will look at the impact of the exploitation on the local community, the affected county and the environment. They will also look at the total capital investments of the affected entity and the prevailing international market value of the commodity. At the end of the day, there is a sense that all these have been taken into. Whatever comes down and moves to the counties is something that will be very appropriate for them and important so that they can feel that they have been taken into consideration. What will these county beneficiary committees be doing? What will the local communities be doing? I just want to pick on some of these functions like negotiating the terms of benefit sharing. There is monitoring the implementation of projects which is key. However, they will not have the administrative power to drive the process. However, we hope that because they come from the community, they will have a say and a voice that can be considered when they are making suggestions about what should be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, implementation and monitoring determine the amount to be appointed to the local level. This is the county benefit committee and how they will take the funds to the local community benefit sharing forum where the implementation will be made. You will realize just from the moving of this Bill and the statements that I am making, we want the communities to be the winners and in charge because they know best about what is happening. They are the ones whose voice has been heard more often. They are the ones who say look, our resources have been taken away and we have not benefited. We still have our children not in school yet we do not see the money. We want them to come on fore and make those decisions for themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are trying to ensure that they are and remain in charge. That they can act. By giving these specific functions to them we enable them to do things that need to be done. The will, indeed, have to do a lot of consultations. I remember the first time when this was an ad hoc Committee and we travelled to the various counties, this debate had already started. I remember when we were in Turkana County and we were asking so what do you want this money to do. We had two different groups of people. Some were saying let us put it in education. Others were saying let us put it in infrastructure. It begins like that. At the end of the day, the communities must come up with a way that they feel the impact is maximized. When that impact is maximized, it is a win-win situation for the communities and organizations developing these specific resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a Bill that is coming up again in terms of our concurrence as per Article 110 (3). We are starting the process again and really hoping as we go through this we can get to the point where the communities can functionally feel that they have been involved. At Clause 18, we involve other key administrative personalities and authorities. There is the Cabinet Secretary (CS) who will make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act."
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