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    "id": 1094083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "There is a gold ginnery being constructed in Kakamega County. We have been told that the President might visit it. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve should tell us more about the visit. When you go to Kakamega, Nandi, Migori, Kitui, Machakos and many others counties including Turkana where there is oil, natural resources have become a curse. This is because the national Government has allowed cartels to exploit the natural resources at the expense of the ordinary wananchi. That is why in places where these natural resources are found, people have turned it into a curse. The landlords are not being paid yet the resources are exploited. This Bill has come at a better time. We want these resources to be shared. People who own land should benefit. For example, in Nandi, we are contributing because there are now proper climatic conditions. Therefore, we should benefit from the sharing of revenue. This is a brilliant idea by Sen. (Dr.) Zani. When the Bill reaches Committee Stage, we should agree on how to encourage counties to share revenue. For example, in Nandi, we have three major forests. No other county has such. In fact, we have a special climate where it rains throughout the year because of that. How do we encourage such counties? How do we give this through revenue benefit sharing to improve the environment and make sure that we have more free set areas? This is because that micro climate allows for the growing of crops like tea and maize. It also allows dairy farming and many others. In Kibiko Forest in Kajiado, for example, we need to encourage this. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Kajiado County, where you come from, we have a lot of empty land. We should encourage people to grow trees. Some of us have the benefit of flying around. Whether people want to talk about the wheelbarrow or not, we have the benefit of flying around the country. When I fly, I have seen that there is empty land in Kajiado. We should encourage people to plant more trees."
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