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    "id": 1384015,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "The county government's share is divided into two where 24 per cent goes to the affected community and 16 per cent to the entire county. The National Assembly voted for the initial Bill and incorporated several amendments, among them being that 20 per cent of the benefits go to the Kenya National Sovereign Wealth Fund (KNSWF), which is provided for in our statutes and Constitution. 48 cent goes to the national Government, 32 per cent goes to the county governments, and the proportion for county governments is divided into two again, where 19.5 per cent goes to the entire county and 12.5 per cent goes to the affected communities. When we look at this formula and the logic therein, it creates a bit of jitters because it might bring in what we probably may not want to go into, like I mentioned. We should look at the Mining Act and amend it to include others, if we want perfection. We need to be very specific on those resources. We cannot generalise on natural resources because there are many, and some of them traverse through boundaries, and thus cannot be localised. There are a few issues that we need to note and one of them is equity. When do we create fairness? When we say fair revenue sharing among the national and county governments, at what point will we say what is fair and what is not? On the issue of transparency and openness in agreements and fund management, if a fund is created, what formula will we use to ensure that? The other issue is that our Constitution is very rich in terms of accountability and transparency. Should we say that we must devise another small formula to deal with this particular issue? Was transparency and accountability in resource management sufficiently captured or is it in the context of sharing? Regarding Community participation, Article 118 of the Constitution is very clear on it, or anything we want to propose. Are we bringing in the involvement of decision-makers? Who are they in this respect? When people share scarce resources globally, they will put their interests first, which might bring problems. On environmental conservation, we know that the environment is universal. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we cannot say we have an environment where we can create boundaries. Climate change affects us because it is universal. Whatever happens in Europe and America affects us here in Kenya. Whatever we do in Africa also affects South America."
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