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    "id": 1451377,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "standardized approach in all the counties on how the local communities will be assisted to take part in such an investment. As I conclude, it is also very important to note that there is quite a huge potential of the gas. As we seek to move into green energy, it is important to note that most of the households in Kenya use firewood, charcoal and maybe other fossil fuel-based cooking means. This has landed many households to, not only have unsafe and unhygienic cooking methods, but has also been a major cause of respiratory diseases. As has been put forward by the Kenya Kwanza Government, envisaging every household to be using green energy to cook, natural gas becomes one of the answers. Therefore, there is a very great potential for the young people and Gen Z in this country to take part in the last-mile connectivity of the gas, especially in the local communities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the current technology, it is appropriate that we start coming up with models where we will be doing gas piping, especially on the affordable housing programme. We do not have the danger of using gas cylinders that are substandard and have been exploding from time to time. Instead of having the trucks transporting the gas, we can also look at the possibilities of having piped gas, especially in the urban centres, schools and other infrastructures, so that we can manage the risks associated with it. This is a very progressive Bill. I am sure it will go a long way into ensuring that the Kenyans, do not only utilise the environmental and natural resources to their benefit, but in a way partake and benefit from the same. In addition, Article 66 (2) of the Constitution further provides that the Parliament shall enact legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies. This Bill seeks to address that very same problem. Moving forward, we know that there is a correlation between the remoteness of the area and the natural resources found. Gas and oil are found either in the deep oceans or marginalised areas. Therefore, as we seek to give equitable distribution of our revenue, it is also important to ensure that those communities, especially disadvantaged, get to benefit from the natural resources they have been endowed with. This cannot happen unless we put a sound and robust legal framework to ensure that there is no exploitation of the marginalised communities by the multinationals who come with the capital and know-how. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I ask my colleague, Sen. Abass, to second."
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