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    "id": 496481,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Hon. Kajwang’ has just left. I want to tell him that I am also his friend. He should, therefore, remember me in future. First and foremost, I want to thank the Committee and the Jubilee Government for coming up with this Bill. I know Kenya has been rated as a middle income country. Coming to this Parliament has really given me a lot of knowledge. I did not even know that we have 50 minerals. I can see it under the First Schedule. It is only that in my county sand has been removed and I believe it is the only mineral that we have. But as a person, I have an opportunity to go into the mining industry and it is going to help develop this country. First and foremost, the Committee has done community involvement and recognized that the community needs to be given some percentage. It is very important, especially for the proponents of OKoa Kenya and more so the Governor of Bomet, who is also the Chairman of the Council of Governors. He should now see the commitment and that there is a lot of money going to the counties; not necessarily through Parliament. The Government is committed to devolution. It will give the counties a lot of money. I was at some point trying to say that assuming OKoa Kenya goes through and they get 45 per cent or 20 per cent, then the central Government will be left with nothing! I know hon. (Ms.) Abdalla being in Jubilee, knows that OKoa Kenya is not headed anywhere, so they had to give them 20 per cent. I support that and we totally support this Bill. As my brother had said earlier, we were portrayed as a very negative country when we cancelled and revoked some of these licences. But there is an opportunity for us to have an economic take off. I know that in the next few years, we will be somewhere competing with America and other countries."
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