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    "id": 471917,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/471917/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Many of the areas where a lot of discoveries have been made in the recent past are very remote. At times, you look at it and wonder whether it was a deliberate scheme by, maybe, those who came before us, the colonialists and neo-colonialists, to make those areas inaccessible, so that the country does not discover the wealth underneath. In the recent few years, we have discovered a lot of minerals in Turkana, Kitui and parts of north eastern, western regions and other places. Those are areas that are inaccessible. In areas like West Pokot, there are no roads. There is mining of even small quantities of gold, rubies and other commodities, but these are hard to reach areas. It is important that we look at accessibility in those areas and even use corporate social responsibility to open up those areas. In this Bill, we are talking of how much each county is going to get and how much the national Government is going to get. This is the way to go because when you make discoveries like the recent discoveries in Turkana you have local people demonstrating and saying that they have been ignored in terms of employment and other opportunities. We do not want Kenyans to demonstrate to achieve what is rightfully The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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