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    "id": 681923,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "proposed law is that the organisation with the largest number of persons carrying out operations in the energy sector will nominate two persons. It means that they are not looking at largeness in terms of capital but in terms of numbers. That can as well refer to pump attendants or any other person who may not have real stake in the energy sector. The best case scenario would have been to state a threshold from the point of view of capital instead of persons. Another problem I have with this clause is the issue concerning the term “operations”. There are several operations in the energy sector. They include transportation operations - people who carry fuel from Mombasa to Nairobi. You may have those people who install pumps. This sector is quite amorphous and is not regulated. It is not like engineers, doctors or lawyers who have one strong, known organisation that represents them. Taking into account that this is such a vast sector, this may be a subjective test. The best case scenario would have been for the Senate to clearly denote which organisation they are referring to as opposed to leaving it this way, otherwise, it may not be clear to people who may be nominated under this clause. Another aspect that I personally support is the Senate amendment to Clause 2 where they propose to delete the definition of the words “local community” and coming up with a new definition which reads: “local community” means a people living in a sub-county within which an energy resource under this Act is situated and are affected by the exploitation of that energy resource.” This is a better definition, particularly taking into account the term “sub-county”. I say so because sub-counties are crucial. They are better units of localising development as opposed to a ward or county. I say so taking into account my constituency which happens to be the largest in Murang’a. We have two sub-counties. Whenever I see laws mentioning counties, it becomes problematic for those of us who have two sub-counties in one constituency. This is a fairer method because it takes into account some constituencies which have more than one sub-county. With those few remarks, I support the Senate amendments save for the Senate amendment to Clause 57(e)(1)."
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