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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Millie Odhiambo is a seasoned politician. I appreciate her. Some of the groups that appeared before the Committee in support of the Bill are the Samburu Women Trust, the Council of Governors and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). Nature Kenya was undecided. It supported some clauses of the Bill and rejected others. All the other stakeholders rejected the Bill, as I had earlier indicated. I urge my colleagues to appreciate the public participation that my Committee conducted. I thank all the Committee Members for their good work and their time. We went out to some areas because we wanted to beat the deadline as per our Standing Orders. I thank my Vice-Chairperson, Hon. Kamuren from Baringo South, and the other 13 Committee Members who shared their experiences, time and gave input. We had very useful engagements with the stakeholders who appeared before us. We are not rejecting the Bill because we do not want money to go to the counties. There are revenue-sharing formulae under the Petroleum Act, 2019, the Mining Act, 2016, the Climate Change Act, 2016, and the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. People are satisfied with the revenue-sharing formulae as per the respective Acts. I will be asking Members to interrogate the Committee’s Report and see its richness. Members have a lot of experience. Hon. Ruku is an expert on carbon credits. We got a lot of valuable information from him on carbon credits because he is an expert in that field. He is one of the renowned experts in that field, and he makes a lot of money from it. His work is to reduce carbon emissions. Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your information, when you use firewood, you release carbon into the atmosphere. Hon. Ruku reduced carbon emissions by stopping the use of firewood and introducing jikos that conserve energy. I do not want to say how much Hon. Ruku makes, but it is good money. With those few remarks, I beg to move and call upon Hon. Kamuren, the Vice- Chairperson of the Committee, to second."
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