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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, apart from the Tullow Oil, what are the stakes for Turkana County? In fact, I told my brother, Sen. Munyes, that it does not help the people of Turkana when they block roads and claim that the locals are not employed to clean at the oil rig yard. They should ask: What is the stake of Turkana in this oil well, so that when the oil is extracted, it will send the Turkana children to school and will give Turkana women water. In most cases, you would see a Turkana woman with a child on the back, a Kalashnikov on the shoulder and a hundred cows ahead of her. We must liberate our people from this abject poverty, suffering and risks. That is my idea of local content and participation. I have seen it work so well in many countries. I was in China two weeks ago and met some entrepreneurs, who are minors, in a public function. They told me that they invested in mining in Africa, Asia and South America, but the government obligated them to cede 39 per cent of their stake to the state for the interest and benefit of the people of China. They access loans to start their business, sit on boards and the money goes to help the people of China. That is how we can grow and emerge as an economic superpower in this region. Like G.M. Kariuki once said, this is a country with ten millionaires, now billionaires - even hustlers are billionaires - and many poor people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know your county well. If you go to the villages in Kajiado County, I can swear on the Bible that your people are poorer today than they were 10 years ago. This is true of everywhere else. My father inherited 21 acres of land from his father. He has two wives; my mother and another mother, with 30 children. With 30 children, how do you share 21 acres? He is now poorer than he was in 1960 because we have not implemented policies properly. We have emphasized the importance of owning land and living on it without the importance of production. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale can tell you that we have boys in the villages who kill their parents for not giving them half-an-acre of land. As soon as they are given the land, they sell it, go to the market, drink and finish everything. They then go back and say: “I was born here; where do you want me to go?”"
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