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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to begin by congratulating my Chairperson, Sen. (Dr.) Agnes Zani, first for having a good mind and thoughts of caring for the people of this country and for coming up with this draft Bill. Secondly, I congratulate her for ably steering the process of research and guiding the Committee in its entirety until it came up with this draft Bill. This Bill can be described in three short words; first, in terms of a level playing field, equalisation or fair play. As it has been said by most speakers who spoke before me, the scenario in this country as far as natural resources are concerned has been one of deprivation. The owners, hosts or caretakers of natural resources since time immemorial have been most deprived. As the Vice Chairperson and a Member of the Committee, I want to enumerate a few incidences that we came across. We paid several visits to several areas in this country and what we saw told a story that required, indeed, this kind of legislation. The story requires this legislation to ensure that now we have a new Constitution, we have buoyancy in the spirit of our people who are the owners of natural resources in this country. We paid a visit to counties like Machakos where sand harvesting has been going for a long time. This Committee paid visits to the counties in the Rift Valley and the story is the same. The agents who have helped to grow this country have benefited the least. For example, when we paid a visit to Machakos County, we saw families that have a 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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