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    "id": 1384760,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1384760/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecilia A. Ngitit",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this chance to contribute to the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill. We have very many types of resources ranging from those Kenya shares with neighbouring countries to those shared between the county governments and the national Government. To be specific, the county I hail from, Turkana County, houses several natural resources. This includes those that have been explored and those that have not been explored. For instance, there is a dam in Turkana that generates power but all our big towns suffer blackouts. We do not benefit from the national grid. We are only connected to generated power that is not reliable. In a way, that has affected our development. Another resource we had was the highly hyped oil. It did not benefit our county simply because such a Bill was not in place. The exploration of oil generated jobs and business opportunities but our residents did not benefit because there was no Bill to guide how a community is supposed to benefit from such a resource. Some of these resources, especially in my county, are located in areas of conflict. There is a geothermal plant in Silale Hills, that is in Kapedo/Napeitom Ward, but Turkana County has never benefited from it simply because someone has messed with the paperwork and reallocated the resource. It is high time Kenya mapped the location of its resources to help with the negotiation and allocating percentages to benefit communities."
}