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"content": "It is, therefore, important that we also note that one of the major reasons that this Bill is before this House is because the various authorities that have been generating whatever they are generating or running – that is the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the Ministry of Mining and the various electricity generating companies – have failed in their CSRs, because this is the section within their budgets that was supposed to address what is being addressed by this Bill. So, it should be a wakeup call for them because when you talk about boreholes, development of schools, construction of hospitals and all that, they fall within the CSRs of these authorities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Zani will be remembered in this country for a long, long time. I remember the late Martha was remembered for the books that she was able to develop. So, the people of Nakuru County are strongly behind Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s Bill. However, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, my people feel that when it comes to the definition of the various natural resources, an amendment should be moved to include geothermal power generation, because it has not been captured in Section 3(1) from (a) to (g). The Bill has also has not covered wind power generation that is being done in Kajiado, Kinangop and Turkana. It is, therefore, important that this be included because they fall within the bracket of natural resources. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we look at the issue of accountability to the various Governors who are likely to manage the funds that will be generated by this Bill, what I believe is that the fact that the likelihood of Governors misappropriating the funds accruing from this Bill should not be a reason of not supporting this Bill. This is because we have bodies in this country that are mandated to deal with corruption. We are saying that at this particular moment, even in our oversight role as Senators, we are having serious challenges because systems are not in place. We know very well that we are being ignored; our officers on the ground are being ignored by the Governors and any communication, even from our offices, is not even being acknowledged. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the fact that the people in the counties expect the Senators to offer oversight strictly over the finances that are going down there. Year in, year out, money is going down there. In the County of Nakuru that I represent, people have nothing to be proud of. They have nothing to take home about devolution. This is despite the fact that Nakuru has maintained number five in the allocation of money from the central Government. It is, therefore, very important that Bills like these are formulated to assist Kenyans because the Senate is not in the Constitution and in Kenya for a short period. This Senate will be there as long as Kenya remains on this world map. We should not limit ourselves or put speed governors on what we can do because of the fact that we have non-performing county governors. I would, therefore, propose an amendment that will include geothermal and wind power as natural resources. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill."
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