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    "id": 1382060,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "all the way to Turkana by a tarmacked road and other county roads, I assure you that area will be civilized. What does that mean? The issue of cattle rustling or insecurity in that region will reduce. Many people have taken advantage of the ignorance of our people in those areas and use it to transform it into a criminal enterprise. Apart from roads, we need to look at education. We need to improve education infrastructure. When you open up an area and people from the affected areas go to school, it opens their minds, hearts and spirituality. That way, they will be part of the transformation of this country. I also call upon national and county governments to take affirmative action, especially in those areas. I expect the affected county governments that I have mentioned to have affirmative action. We want Meru County to have affirmative action when it comes to employment. They should employ the youth from those areas, so that we open them up. They should build more Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) and vocational training centres in those areas. This is the only way we give young people who are misled to participate in cattle rustling and banditry an opportunity to be part of the transformation of this country. There should also be affirmative action by the national Government when recruiting state officers, civil servants, police officers and the military, among others. I want to challenge Sen. Cheptumo. Even as we propose to set aside funds to compensate the victims, he should also amend this Motion to state that county governments must brief the Senate on what affirmative actions they have taken in these affected counties, including yours, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are lucky that you are the Chair when we are discussing this Motion. Another one is the issue of water. We need to ensure that water is supplied to those areas for them to do irrigation. The President has been pushing for environmental conservation and planting of more than 15 billion trees. Can you believe that most of those areas are very fertile? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you were to give them water to irrigate their crops, with the food security in mind, we can address it because that area is good for fruits since it is very hot. On the issue of minerals, I know there is GDC in some of those areas. There are many minerals in those areas. Most of these people do not want those areas to be open so that exploration and minerals can be mined for the benefit of those areas. Under community development agreement in the Mining Act of 2015, in the local content, when you get the revenue, 70 per cent goes to national Government, 20 per cent goes to county governments and 10 per cent goes to the local community. So, I challenge Sen. Cheptumo to also follow up with the Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. Let us ensure we do oil and mineral exploration. However, it has a soft under belly, we ensure that when we do so in these poverty stricken areas, it gives them opportunity to get value for the local community. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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