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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know also Nairobi was named by the Maasai, so we are in the heartland of the Masaai. When it is red and this is where power is exercised, I think we appreciate that. Allow me to say that Sen. (Dr.) Zani did a good a job. Regarding Clause (3), I wish to say that instead of itemizing petroleum, natural gas, minerals, maybe we could come up with some like the geothermal, wind and solar power; some trees, so that we can define them just like the way you have defined others. When it comes to the issue of minerals, I understand that some sand is also defined as mineral, like the building sand which is a natural resource. We know that the entire of Nairobi has been built with sand from Machakos and Kajiado, and I believe it is a resource. If the counties from where it originates can get something, the communities and the counties can really benefit. Our own county is endowed with a lot of minerals, for example, soda ash and salt. That is why we have Magadi. Magadi started way back during colonial times. The British investors went and settled there and apart from the social responsibility they plough to the communities there, the community and the county hardly benefit. It is just the other years when the rates were revised, otherwise, they used to pay the local authority at that time about 15 cents per acre. You can imagine that kind of exploitation but at least I know with the passage of this Bill, the county and the community there will benefit a lot. It is also sad to note that when it comes to a natural resource like wind, you find some areas which are very well known that they are in the county and belong to some community, due to some laws, they are owned by Kenya Forest Services like the Ngong Hills, where we have a resource of wind. It is a good resource. I believe KenGen and the people who are harnessing wind to get power need to pay for exploitation of that resource, so that the communities and counties where the resource is being harnessed can gain. There are quite a number of resources like sand and being a natural resource, I believe the areas that are classified as arid areas or semi-arid areas can also benefit out of this. I also appreciate the fact that we have an authority here that will try to come up with the guidelines and also control the way these minerals or natural resources are extracted. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is quite some impact coming up after the harnessing of these natural resources. For example, in the Ngong Hills, where wind is extracted and out of that, we get power, you will find that there are some serious impacts which were not anticipated when the assessment was done. I have two very good examples; one, you will find that after the turbines were erected by Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (KenGen) and after the lines were connected to the transmission systems, the mobile cellular network within that area has been seriously 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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