{"id":789014,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/789014/?format=json","text_counter":268,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":78,"legal_name":"Cecily Mutitu Mbarire","slug":"cecily-mbarire"},"content":"I am well guided. From there, the Committee held a retreat in Mombasa for one week where we analysed the Bill clause by clause and took into account the submissions that were received from members of the public and from various stakeholders. The Committee made several observations as you might have noted from the Report, including the need to ensure participation of the local communities in decision making by various institutions in upstream, downstream and midstream activities. We also noted the agitation for increase of local community share of revenue from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. That is very important because we realise that part of the reason why other countries go into conflicts is because communities do not benefit from any available resource. Out of the 10 per cent that is going to the communities, including the 20 per cent that will go to county government, the people of Turkana County will receive up to 40 per cent because of the two sub-counties that will each receive 10 per cent. As a Committee, we fully support that."}