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    "id": 1382463,
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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": ", for example. They could end up treating themselves using Ksh20,000 to Ksh30,000. So, it depends. Yes, you have received something, but at what cost? What are you leaving us with after you have taken all that is underneath the ground? So, there is need for enforcement of a system of benefit sharing in natural resource exploitation amongst the natural resource exploiters, the national Government, the county governments and the local community. Hon. Temporary Speaker, most of the people who come to mine are from outside the country. So, what do they do? They mine as much as they can. Then what happens? All the profits generated are taken back to their countries. If it is China, it is taken back to China. For example, Tullow Oil in Turkana, which is a British company, would have made some profits but of what benefit would it be? Would they just be taking all the profit back to their motherland? Some natural resources are finite, which means if we use them continuously, we will eventually exhaust them. It is true that every resource is in quantities. After years of exploitation, it will be depleted. It is for this reason that the Constitution of Kenya mandates Parliament to enact legislation on the exploitation of natural resources. Just like the other Motion that we have just passed, Parliament has been given a big role. It is important for us to look at legislation, and whatever comes to this House, beyond our political boundaries and parties and talk about Kenya. It is for that purpose that we look at some of the pieces of legislation that we come up with, not because it is going to assist a certain area for a period of time. We need to be nationalists when it comes to law-making. I remember sometime back we travelled to Israel when I was a member of the Committee on Administration and Internal Security. There are different political parties in Israel but they told us that when it comes to the security of Israel, everybody becomes an Israeli and they forget about their parties. This is because they have to protect their country and her people. It is that common interest that we all need to look at. When I was the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, I remember the time we were legislating on the petroleum revenue sharing mechanism. There are many differences between Turkana County and West Pokot County. The oil is in Turkana County. It is true that it is there, and it is in plenty. For you to extract oil in Turkana, you must get water from West Pokot County. Water is used to push out oil. These are some of the things they say might even bring conflict. West Pokot said it could not give out water to enrich Turkana, and if it had to, they had to split the resource down the middle. Those are conflicts between counties. It is unfortunate that grazing might bring an issue. A simple thing like grazing brings many problems between communities. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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