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    "content": "Communities which have once been seen to be poor have been sitting on resources which, once exploited, can allow them to develop them. They can develop their infrastructure. More often than not, you will find that these resources are in areas which are marginalised. Turkana has oil and there is wind power in Marsabit County. We have one of the highest wind speeds in a place called Bubisa. We could benefit out of that resource, develop our infrastructure and catch up with the rest of the country. That can only happen if this kind of a Bill clearly outlines how the resources should be shared. At the end of the day, we would have a system where whenever a resource is discovered; those who are closest to it are the ones to benefit. If one person in such an area, for instance, allocates himself a piece of land where the resources have been discovered, by the time the other Kenyans get to know about it, the title deed would be in the name of the individual. I consider that to be immoral because the resource has always been available and the people living in that area have been suffering because they are said to be marginalised. Unfortunately, in Kenya, we have been thinking along agriculture based business. We only think that an area is productive and has potential when it is agriculturally arable. That is why these areas have been left behind. So, if at the end of the day resources are discovered, let those who have been sitting on the resources who have been suffering the effect of marginalization be the first ones to benefit. I support this report and hope that the Bill will be brought to this House in a refined way. We hope that it will be enacted so that we do our part in making sure that Kenyans get their rightful share of the natural resources which are within their areas."
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