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    "id": 1216541,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "per cent is justifiable for the national Government while 40 per cent should be available for the counties and local governments. To actualize that sharing formula, the Bill proposes the establishment of a Benefit Sharing Committee through the Benefit Sharing Agreements (BSAs) where the person exploiting the resources - the private investors - are able to sit down with the local population and county governments and come up with a mode of sharing, so that we can have some fairness. I will give a very unique case in Baringo. Lake Baringo is a fresh water lake and we have exploitation of geothermal energy in Silali which is several kilometers away from the lake. The geothermal investment is in Tiaty, and Lake Baringo is in Baringo North and Baringo South; we share the lake. The water from the lake is taken all the way to Silali where the geothermal plant is located. The local people along the route of the pipeline do not benefit at all. When we develop the geothermal investment, Baringo as a county and the local people who are hosting the resource should benefit with that 40 per cent. That example alone is a situation that we need to deal with. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in places such as Northern Kenya, part of Baringo County, Garissa and where Sen. Mungatana, MGH, comes from, we have the blessing of the sun. When you now talk now of tapping the sun, so that we have the solar energy, the private investors invest in that. The entire benefits go to either the Government or that particular investor especially when it is taken to the national grid. In this law, we now want to propose that if an investor goes to North Eastern, Lamu, Garissa, Baringo or Turkana counties, does a solar investment and puts that power to the grid, a portion of that benefit should be available to the local people and the county government. This is a very important Bill. I want to shorten my contribution so that other Members can have time to also contribute. Every part of Kenya is blessed. God is really fair because even in areas where there is plenty of rain, they have forest cover. I can assure you, if you look at the sharing of the benefits arising from the forest resource, it is so minimal to the locals and the county governments of those areas. There will be no part of the country which we will not benefit from this law. It is a law that I believe we should all support. I am very proud that this House, through my colleague Sen. Mungatana, MGH, has been able to bring out this law in a very clear way. I plead with Members that we pass this law, so that then we have a framework in our country to share the benefits arising from our natural resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second."
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