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    "content": "like this one can be modified to benefit them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, another resource that is currently bringing in a lot of revenue are things which we cannot touch or see. These are things like air. We do know that Safaricom which is selling a commodity that we cannot touch or see has made the largest amount of money in this country and even in the history of this country. There is also another commodity that falls under this category. We have Mau Forest and there is a huge trade which is going on of carbon. At the moment, there are no by-laws which are sufficient enough to enable the people residing in these areas to benefit from carbon trading which is going on. This is a product which is inexhaustible and which the people in the area can benefit from. I am grateful that this Motion has come here and we can now start to legislate. This is the Senate and it can legislate. We can legislate such that the public who are living within forests, protecting and generating them, can actually benefit from this inexhaustible resource which is on carbon. Carbon is used to clean our environment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we go along this path, I am sure as the public become aware of the usefulness of the resource within them, there is certainly bound to be some conflict. A lot of rivers which we have in our communities form boundaries between several counties. I am sure that when the public become aware of those rivers, I can assure you that there are likely to be conflicts within counties. Therefore, the Senate needs to legislate in order to have peaceful co-existence of counties as they share the natural resources. There is also another resource existing in our counties, especially where I come from. There are large tracks of very fertile land which is currently being occupied by foreign companies who entered into treaties with the Government many years ago and they are paying a lease fee which is so insignificant. At the moment if land is under the counties, some of these treaties which were made many years ago can be revisited and appropriate leases made so that wananchi can benefit from the rich agricultural land which is productive but it is under production at the moment by foreign individuals. If legislation can be amended so that counties can revise the leases which are existing without necessarily chasing the goose that lays the golden egg, so that the communities The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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