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    "content": "care of petroleum mining, but also many other natural resources like coal and geothermal. Even in Turkana County, there are people who own land and would like to develop it. I hope the issue of lease, say of 50 or 60 years will not be an impediment to exploration of oil and other minerals in this country. This Bill creates many boards and I hope they will be devolved to counties. Sen. (Dr.) Zani prepared the natural resources Bill. We all agreed that there will be a percentage to benefit county residents, owners and the Government. I am bit worried here because most of the constitutional Bills create authorities and yet the President formed a taskforce to review them. I do not know whether we are contradicting ourselves on the same or not. In this Bill, we need an authority to deal with petroleum production in this country. I hope this House does justice to this Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know the Bill is detailed, but it is important to read it. A lot is said about the contractor and sub-contractor, but little is said about the local community. You then wonder whether we have really taken care of the local community in this Bill. Clause111 (2) states that:- “For reporting purposes, the transparency and accountability framework of the upstream petroleum sector shall be disaggregated into each petroleum agreement, non-exclusive permit, drilling permit, production permit, and plug and abandonment permit in the following categories- (a) payment type of each contractor (i.e, taxes, fees and loyalties and other charges); (b) production volumes by each contractor measured at the delivery point of sale; (c) transfers of all upstream petroleum sector revenues from the national Government to county governments and communities, including the loyalties; and (d) all contractor contributions in cash or in kind to county governments and local communities.” I do not know how we will do that. Hopefully, we will understand better within the rules that will be passed. Clause 119 on regulations states that:- “Without limiting the generality of Section 118, the Cabinet Secretary may make regulations with respect to the following- (a) the rates or the method of setting the rate at which petroleum and water may be recovered from any well or petroleum reservoir;” We have to be clear when involving the national Government and the county government to avoid conflict. “(b) the fees including but not limited to surface fees, training fees and signature bonuses, royalties or any other payments to be made by the contractor under a petroleum agreement; (c) the opening up of areas of upstream petroleum operations; (d) terms and conditions of petroleum agreements; and (e) requirements and procedures for unitization” 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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