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    "content": "When we move into serious oil exploration, the country needs to move very carefully. We have a public organization called the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). It is part of its mandate to determine whether the outcome of test- drilling and exploration could cause what we are hearing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, in many countries, and Kenya is no exception – that is why there was a problem in Ogoniland in Nigeria – many governments tend to ignore people who live in the traditionally neglected areas, such that when they embark on mining, drilling and doing economic activities that are beneficial to the country, they do not care about the welfare of the people who have traditionally lived on those areas and looked after the resources. I have seen this in Jamaica when they were mining bauxite and people died. We have also seen this in Ogoniland in Nigeria, Darfur and many other places. I urge not just the Government of the day, but the country that new resources and discoveries come with new challenges. We must, therefore, be extra careful to make sure that we do not end up marginalizing the marginalized even more. The issue of cancer causing agents in human life and the scourge of cancer has become a matter of public concern. I do recall the Government announcing extravagantly that they were going to equip each county hospital with cancer testing equipment, chemotherapy machines and so on. To date, probably not more than two counties are operational. I have gone to many counties and when I ask, I have found that they are not operational, yet governors were herded into State House and intimidated into signing agreements to accept these machines. We hope that Marsabit County will be one of those that will look after these cases through local testing. Finally, this also raises a very important point on matters of health. The national Government and the Committee on Health of this House---"
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