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    "id": 491285,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Leshore",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Prisa Leshore",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. First, I would like to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani and her Committee for coming up with a very important Motion that affects most of our counties. If this Motion had been brought 20 or 30 years ago, some of our counties like Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Isiolo, Wajir, Kwale, Kakamega and Migori would be at par with the rest of the counties like Kiambu, where my good friend who is next to me comes from. They would not be described as arid or semi-arid, if such legislation had been developed some 20 or 30 years ago. Madam Temporary Speaker, in my county, we have a lot of natural resources. Some were exploited during the 1970s and the community received barely anything. I remember in the early 1990s when I queried a company from Japan which was exploring in my constituency then, Samburu East. I remember very well that I was told that they had developed a 35 kilometre earth road which was only costing about Kshs175,000 by then. I asked them about the other things that the community had benefited from and I was shocked to learn that the community received nothing. The county council received about Kshs105,000 for more than 20 years. The national Government, apart from the licence fees, had received nothing. Madam Temporary Speaker, I congratulate the Committee for coming up with this new legislation. The revenue should be governed by the national Natural Resources Council, then by the county natural resources committee and the ward natural resources committee. When we were fighting for devolution way back during the Bomas days, we wanted each and every community to benefit from the natural resources that we have in this country. I thank God that I am still alive and here in this Senate when this Motion is coming up. This is because when we were fighting for devolution, and Sen. (Dr.) 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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