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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1384754/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for this chance. This matter came up yesterday and debate is continuing, and so I want to add my voice to it. Where natural resources exist, it is important for locals to benefit. If it is extended to benefit others, then there should be a way of sharing. From where I stand, this Bill seeks to come up with a way of having locals benefit through the county and at the same time have national benefit. Hon. Speaker, it is important to have a component for international sharing of natural resources. Some natural resources will end up benefiting other nationals instead of Kenyans. It is important for this House to carefully look at this because Kenya has ratified many international treaties that deal with natural resources. For the sake of complying with the related international instruments that Kenya has ratified, it is important to enlarge it to avoid running into problems. Where we have any natural resources, the better benefit must go to the locals. This will empower the locals and make them feel that they have ownership, and therefore, protect those natural resources. In cases where natural resources are shared between county governments and the national Government, I propose that the better part be given to the county government because they are the host. Given the formula we will come up with in the sharing of those natural resources, the national Government should also earn revenue. For the sake of academia, in sharing these resources, much of the benefits of the resources should be left at the local level for purposes of research. We have several needs in research including value addition, improvement of the value chain, and marketing of natural resources. There is also need to mainstream gender in the utilisation of natural resources. When we talk about gender, we are not only looking at sexuality but also gender roles."
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