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    "id": 1446515,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The Cabinet Secretary nominee is a friend of Sen. Cheruiyot, so I do not know why he wants to give out that position and it is already occupied. I know in the second coming of the Kingdom, Sen. Sifuna might be a beneficiary, of course, after discussing with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Central Committee and Parliamentary Group on that issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are just saying is that, for example, Nandi is the largest gold producer, including Kilimapesa, part of Coast and Kitui. This country also has rubies and we have a lot of mineral exploitation and extraction. Therefore, I know there is a gold refinery being built in Kakamega. We are also proposing for a gold refinery to be built in Nandi as it is the leading gold producer in the country. I have seen it by myself and I have numbers. The company that is there pays almost Kshs300 million through tax but when you go to Kakamega, they are what we call, mundane. Therefore, that belt of gold goes through Vihiga to Kakamega, hence under Article 69 of the Constitution, we must also ensure that the exploitation meets the environmental standards and this Bill has tried to ensure that. I am happy that at the Coast, we now have the mining and blue economy, where we need to take care of biodiversity. We must be compliant such that when we are doing mining along the coastal part of this country, the biodiversity and genetic resources must be protected. If you can recall the issue of fishing in international waters, we have some countries that have been blacklisted for overfishing and using trawlers that are not agreed and therefore, they destroy biodiversity and genetics. Article 69 of the Constitution has developed a premise upon the Local Content Bill. Everything is local. You must listen to what the people are saying. The only way to make the minerals valuable for the ordinary mwananchi down there where the exploitation of minerals is done, be it the extractives like oil, gas and hydrocarbon, is to ensure that 50 per cent of the revenue goes to the national Government be it gold, oil or The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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