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    "id": 385355,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/385355/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "I thank my colleague for informing me. But there are two items that he needs to know; compensation for the land where the water sits is as current as anytime in future. If you have not paid for it, you pay at that time. There may be an argument where you are saying that the water has been used and not paid for. As I mention this, there may be need for my colleague, Sen. Wetangula, to start thinking of the water he is getting from West Pokot County. There is water you are getting from the Kapolet Forest. We shall soon be giving you a bill together with the people in Trans Nzoia so that we benefit from the resource that we have. We are taking care of the forest and we shall continue to do so. So, for you to continue enjoying this resource, you have to pay for it. Lastly, we have KWS at Nasolot where we have the largest elephant in Kenya and we keep this elephant for free. The people who are neighbouring us have not benefited from this resource, including employing them as wardens. You do not need to speak English to know how to keep the wild animals that you were born with. As investors come in, they should be cautious and keen to the extent that they take care of the surrounding communities. There are many natural resources that are in West Pokot and if we have investors, it is upon us to make laws that will encourage our people to come and invest in some of those counties which have these natural resources. The communities should benefit by being employed and also through taxation. In conclusion, we also have the ruby and the limestone that for a long time was being carried from Kenya to Uganda without any tax being paid until three years ago when we stopped it. We have the largest deposits of limestone that can carry over five cement factories. It is true that West Pokot is the granary for limestone. In the years to come when Athi River is exhausted, all cement factories will lead to West Pokot County and we are there to welcome them. We will be anticipating that these laws will have been put in place so that the community will not suffer the way they have been suffering. We also have enough sand that we supply to Uasin Gishu County. Eighty per cent of the buildings in Eldoret were built by sand from West Pokot. The same applies to Kitale and Bungoma. As we address this, we want to see how we can benefit because they have been scooping it for free. We have many things that we can benefit from as counties if this Motion is passed and it graduates into a Bill. I support."
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