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    "id": 788409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kositany Caleb",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Kipkemei Kositany",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Energy Bill. Energy is a key component of driving our economy especially as we move towards the Vision 2030, which we have all embraced as Kenyans. First, I would like to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Energy led by my colleague, Hon. Gikaria, who despite the very short period they had, they have come up with a very comprehensive Bill that we now seek to pass in this House today. As we progress, we would like to see that Kenyans benefit from the natural resources that are found within their areas of residence. We do not want the resources that are found, be it oil, coal or whatever, to benefit others and not the residents. Let the people who reside within that area benefit so that we do not have conflicts like we see in other countries. In some countries which produce oil, people fight constantly over the proceeds. The owners of land where minerals are exploited do not benefit at all. We would also want to see a move by the Government and all Kenyans in terms of increasing our forest cover. Let us not have power rationing year in, year out, because water levels in our major dams like Ndakaini have gone down. I am the Member for Soy Constituency and we have started an initiative whereby on Monday 16th April, we will plant trees in every primary school in the constituency. We have sourced trees from well-wishers and we are not planting one tree here and another there. We will be planting a little forest within every school to teach our young ones how to take care of the environment and that may leave Kenya a better place than we found it. We also call on those who will be charged with the responsibility of implementing this Bill in the energy sector, once it has received Presidential assent, to think of Kenya first. Let us stop this culture of whenever you have anything at your desk, the first question somebody asks themselves is how they are going to benefit from it. If they see no personal benefit, then they sit The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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