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    "id": 479769,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/479769/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "I am just citing an example. I am saying that if a mineral, or resource like oil is discovered in Turkana, we expect the Government and other stakeholders to ensure that people who live close to that oil benefit before others do. This is exactly what we expect this Mining Bill to take into consideration. Lastly, there is the issue of culture. We will always solve African problems using African perspectives. We can never be compared with the Western people who are ego- centered. Therefore, when a mineral is discovered in an area, it should not interfere with the culture of the local community. It has to respect and uphold the culture of that community. Hon. Speaker, for example, you get into your place and find that, maybe, the pastoralists of that place wear the shuka, and then the company forces them to drop the"
}