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    "id": 1218408,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity you that have given me to support this Bill. The matter of natural resources in this country is very sad because we do not know all that we own. In supporting this Bill, I will be pushing that the Government carries out a proper survey to map the resources available in this country. A few months ago, I do not know if you are aware that there is a gold rush in Busia County. Some fellows struck gold and right now there is a commotion on the ground. Everybody is rushing there. I believe we should not be discovering our minerals by chance. The counties need to be mapped in terms of resources and a proper regime put in place for exploiting those resources so that we can benefit from what is rightly ours. There is also a neglect of natural resources. If I go back to my county of Busia, we have extensive resources that are not tapped. For example, I do not know if you know that it is only in Busia County that you can find ancient cave paintings in this part of the world. I believe the next place you have to go to either Namibia or somewhere. However, these cave paintings are neglected and no serious investment have put into them to benefit the country in terms of tourism circuit and stuff like that. You also find that we have huge resources in Lake Victoria which are neglected. We do not even have a Western Kenya tourism circuit that can benefit the economy of this country and the residents of those regions. So, in standing up to support this Bill, there are other resources that may not be natural in the sense of having been created by God, but they are natural in the sense of having been created by man. I am looking at"
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