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    "id": 1094008,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "money for road construction. However, an exploiter in the name of exploiting resources had decided the poor person is ignorant and is unaware of the expensive murram on his land. The exploiter then pays the poor person just Kshs500 per lorry. Such people should be brought to book. It is painful and unfair to exploit poor people because they are ignorant and unaware of their rights. There is need to ensure restoration of the environment after exploitation just like the Bill states. According to this Bill, the authority will also endeavour to build capacity of the local communities. It is important to involve the local communities. I am happy that five people from the local community will also be among the people in the board, who will discuss the benefits of revenue sharing from the proceeds of a natural resource. The five locals are important because they are the ones to be used to build capacity of the local people. Sometimes information does not reach the common man. You will find people just gossiping about what they have heard the county government is doing and so on. Now, the county government needs to be brought to task so that in case natural resources are identified in counties, the five locals in the Board should be enlightened about the natural resources, what will be done and how their community will benefit. They are the ones to explain to the people on the ground how exploitation of natural resources will be undertaken. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important for the resources to be shared between the county and national Government. There should be a clear way to ensure that common person and the community where resources are, benefit. The clear benefit in a community is job creation. If you can give job opportunities to the youth of a community jobs, then that is a plus. If the natural resources do not create employment, it means they are exploitative to the community. For natural resources, youth should benefit from employment because they are energetic and have time to put the energy to good use. They can use the energy if they are involved in the exploitation of the natural resources. Let them at the frontline. Let natural resources exploiters get the goodwill of the community because if they do not, then the exploitation will not be sustainable. I support this Bill. I hope when it goes to the National Assembly, it will see light at the end of the tunnel."
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