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    "content": "environmental issues are not keenly looked at. It is good that we have this law in place; it should be implemented to deal with our environment. Lastly, money has to go back to the locals. Even issues to do with tenders, supply of goods and services have to go directly to the people and the communities that live around this area, and the law expressly states this. The only thing is that we have very good laws that look into communities and everything and we hope that the law will be implemented to ensure that the local content is one of the key issues. We saw issues in Nigeria where people went and burst the pipes. We have been witnessing conflict in oil producing countries. I do hope that we, as a country, are setting a very good foundation through the laws and the regulations to ensure that we will not have these conflicts in these areas between the communities and those companies that have been given licenses to explore oil and other natural resources. I want to echo the sentiments expressed by one of my colleagues that the young people have to be take care of and be given tenders to supply goods and services in those firms. I believe 30 per cent of tenders should be given to youth and their interests be taken into consideration. What we are seeing in our country, as my colleague has said, is very unfortunate. We continue to incite our young people and manipulate them so that they continue to spread the hatred instead of finding out how best we can create employment opportunities and ensure they have money in their pockets by enacting good laws that will empower them. We should ensure that our polytechnics and the technical institutions churn out people who can be engaged in exploring petroleum and gas. We should not use our young people for our own political gains. We should desist from inciting them; instead, we should take care of their interests by passing laws which will benefit them. I support this Bill and hope that it will serve the intended purpose."
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