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    "content": "have been the case before devolution. A county that receives almost the same amount as the capital city of this country should not be talking about poverty. They need to think about good governance for them to take advantage of the extractive industries that will spring up with the discovery of oil in Turkana Country. Security is key and it must be maintained all the time. However, if we keep on pointing fingers and saying that the local people must benefit and yet we have not empowered them through education, then we will be doing a lot of disservice to them. Let us support and empower them through education so that they tap into other industries that will spring up with the discovery of oil. If we do not do so, we will not help them at all. Right now, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is focusing on technology colleges that will train plumbers and electricians who will work in the oil industry in Turkana and in other counties. The Turkana people should be given opportunity to start other businesses because people working in oil industry must feed. Therefore, any Kenyan can open a restaurant and feed them. We need to improve the quality of the food that is served in some restaurants in Turkana County. It is sad that the people extracting oil in Turkana County are getting their sandwiches and other foodstuff from hotels in Nairobi County. This is what we need to be talking about. The County Government of Turkana must create a database with regards to its human resource. For example, how many people can work in the hotel industry? How many plumbers and electricians are in Turkana County? If they are lacking or those skills are wanting, they should find a way of attracting more investments into their country so as to uplift the quality of education of their people. It is sad Turkana people feel that they will not benefit from the oil and that is the reason they are apprehensive. To them, they do not see the reason why some people will continue exploiting and transporting the oil which will not benefit them directly. This Government has an opportunity to save Kenya from turmoil. We do not want to go the Nigeria way where we there bandit attacks every day because of oil. If we do not take the oil that we have discovered in Turkana as an opportunity to improve the living standard of our people, then we will go the same way as other countries in Africa that discovered oil many years ago. Poverty, corruption and conflict in Africa is as a result of weak governance. What exactly is the County Government of Turkana doing to uplift the education standards of its people? They should challenge their professionals and other people who are outside the country to come back and take the opportunities in their county. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope you will see it fit to not only commit this Statement to the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, but also to the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization as well the Committee on Education. We will solve the problem of insecurity when we create effective extractive industries in Turkana County and neighbouring counties. I support and I hope that my good friend whom we serve with in the Committee on Energy will sit down with the local leaders in Turkana County and have a public The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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