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    "id": 812652,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice on this important Statement. I congratulate the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for having thought about this SGR issue. These are arguments that our Government should look into in terms of the percentage of the local content in these agreements. We are not against foreign investors but against an investor in the country getting all the raw material he wants and even the required labour from his own country. It is not all about the SGR. Yesterday, the Senator for Turkana County raised an issue where Tullow Oil companies are not employing locals. Here is a company working in Turkana County – a county that has been already marginalized for many years – where we are getting an important resource and yet locals do not get any returns in terms of labour and businesses. They get nothing from that resource. Therefore, it is time for our country to review these investments. We should clarify what we, as a country, should get from an investor when they invest in our counties. This does not just apply to the national Government, but also the county governments. I am sure that many counties are excited to get investors, but as they do so, they should not enter into agreements without agreeing on what an investor is supposed to give back to the community. We shall support this when it comes to the Committee. I wish to ask the Chairperson to invite all of us, so that we can contribute and listen from the Ministry concerned on what they are supposed to be doing about this. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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