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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, BSAs are critical because they set out what the local community, county government, national Government and natural resource exploiter are getting. The BSAs establish the County Benefit Sharing Committees in each county. The work of this Committee is to negotiate. Note that the negotiations take place before the natural resource exploiter is allowed to commence the work. At that point, the Committee negotiates the terms of the benefits sharing and determines the money to be allocated to the local communities. The Committee also engages in part of monitoring of implementation of the projects to the community that is affected by the natural resource investments. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know that the BSAs may be manipulated or maybe made difficult to apply. For that reason, we have brought in the CRA, which is a constitutional body. Since CRA is already involved in sharing of the national cake between counties and the national Government, we have brought it here to help us in the preparation of BSAs. We have brought them to monitor the Benefits Sharing Agreements (BSA) and to make sure that the local communities are never again going to be exploited. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg the Senate and my colleagues to see what I see. The Kenyan communities in various places have suffered for long. We have suffered for a very long time. This is the first time that a framework is being created, so that local communities can be able to benefit. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move and call upon hon. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to second. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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