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    "id": 515418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o)",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Committee to produce this Bill and bring it before the House. As you know, Kenya is going through a period of a bonanza in the discovery of more and more natural resources. Sometimes when we think of natural resources, our minds jump very fast to the extractive industries like the geothermal industry and the oil and gas industry in this nation. Extractive industries are just one part of natural resources. Looking at the impact of these emerging bonanza, extractive industries are going to play an extremely important role in our GDP. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my own county Kisumu, Tullow Oil Company is busy exploring for oil in Kisumu County. I have even chaired a meeting between the leaders in Kisumu County and Tullow Oil Company. I proposed to Tullow, that while they are exploring and, of course, they were very convinced that they were going to discover oil because in places like Nyakach and the shores of Lake Victoria on the Kisumu County side, there are vast deposits of oil. However, while doing that, even the exercise of exploration itself interferes with natural resources called the soil, and quite often leads to a conflict or misunderstanding between the explorers and farmers. This is because the farmers feel that the moment somebody comes with a tape and some sticks, there is already oil in their garden and, therefore, they must be immediate 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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