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    "id": 1094070,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094070/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. If I remember well, this could be the third time this Bill is coming before this House. The first time we had this Bill was in the Eleventh Parliament, where it was passed by the Senate, but it did not go through the National Assembly. I think it was also here early in this Twelfth Parliament. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for being consistent and bringing up this Bill again. I hope this time around, because of the working relationship between the two Houses, it will see the light of day since it has been a victim of the acrimonious relationship we had with the National Assembly. This Bill covers a very important aspect of our economy because laws are created to fill gaps and this is a serious gap. I know the Bill talks of taking into account the existing laws, which cover resources like the Mining Act and the Petroleum and Energy Act. However, what is left now is solar, water resources, forests, biodiversity, genetic resources, wildlife, industrial fishing and wind. All these are important especially for somebody coming from the arid parts of this county, which is the next frontier of development in this country because that is where we have land and all these resources. We are heading towards the area of wind and solar energy. Madam Temporary Speaker, the earlier we have this kind of legislation, the better because if you look at the current situation, you find most community land is not registered. This is even after the Constitution of Kenya 2010, which clearly defined land as being private, public and community. Community land is still under the custodianship of county governments unlike trust land before because the Trust Land Act is not there but that problem is still there. Initially, a developer would come and identify a resource somewhere, quietly, do his study and establish the potential. He will then acquire that land quietly, lease it at very ridiculous rates and then come back to now develop the resource. By the time the resource is developed, the community has lost the land because it was leased by the local"
}