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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to contribute to this Bill. I would like to bring to the attention of the House the fact that this is an important Bill. Members should go through it and understand its importance and why the Constitution requires that it be enacted. Hon. Speaker, under Article 71 of the Constitution, it was reckoned that it was necessary for this House to enact a law that will ensure that the exploitation of certain natural resources of this country is subject to ratification by Parliament. There are a number of resources that are very crucial to the socio-economic development of this country. They include wildlife, on which the tourism industry is based. As a country, we have gazetted a number of parks. In fact, 8 percent of our land mass and oceans is gazetted as national parks. These are very important resources to this country. Where there is need to degazette a park or a reserve, this Bill, once enacted into law, will ensure that due diligence is followed so that we do not degazette a park or a reserve without proper assessment as to why it should be done. It is important to point out which of these resources are subject to ratification. There are many other resources such as gas, oil and other extractive resources that this House must give a go ahead before authority is given to any company or individual to extract because such resources are of common interest to the country. So the purpose of this Bill is to look at all these resources and categorise them so that we have those that can be given a go ahead to be classified for ratification and those that we cannot allow. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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