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    "id": 1382497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will start off by thanking the Committee for bringing this Report. I am not very persuaded by their total rejection of the Bill. I will look at the Report more comprehensively to be persuaded by their stand. However, there are many issues that the Committee has raised that may call for amendments. For instance, this is the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill and yet, the Long Title does not refer to international conventions. If we talk about sharing of resources, then we must give reference to international conventions. We cannot talk about it without referring to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is unfortunate that I cannot raise all the issues today. When this Bill comes up for debate next time, I hope I will get an opportunity to raise them. Benefit sharing of natural resources has very serious issues at the national level. As a country, we need to address those matters adequately, so that we can protect our natural resources that are shared between Kenya and other countries. At the national level, there are different dynamics. Because of time, I have said this is an introduction. I will look at the specific process of the Bill."
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