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    "id": 1216551,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to comment and congratulate Sen. Mungatana, MGH, the famous mla mamba . He is doing extremely very well, considering he is a seasoned Parliamentarian. I want to pick it up from where my brother and bishop, Sen. Wambua, has just left. Resource is one of the very crucial and important elements. Anywhere in the world where there is conflict or a difference, the reason behind is resource sharing. For example, the Russia versus Ukraine war is because of resources. In the last Session, the winning and losing counties fought because of resources. We fight daily because of resources that everybody needs to survive. This Bill is so much important and very critical. Therefore, I find it honoured and privileged to be part of the people, who will leave a mark in terms of what we have done essentially. I agree with Sen. Wambua that we should increase the scope of this Bill to cover natural resources like sunlight, wind, water, forests, biodiversity and genetic resources. There is a lot of sunlight especially in the northern frontier and the world is talking about climate change. Why can we not use clean energy? I remember and maybe you can confirm this; in 2020, Sen. Halake brought a Statement asking why the Government was putting taxes on solar panels. If we want to get rid of electricity, which is using water or diesel and generators, we need to zero-rate solar panels so that every Kenyan can afford one. I wish we even had solar panel factories. There is a solar company which generates power and sells it to Kenya Power. It is just the same way geothermal power companies do. There are solar power firms in Nyeri and Uasin Gishu counties which sell megawatts to Kenya Power. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only unfortunate underlying problem on that agreement is on the Independent Private Power Producers (IPPPs), who sell in dollars. That is where we are losing it as a country. Let this solar energy be sold to Kenya Power in local currency."
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