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    "id": 813746,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this petition. Allow me to congratulate Sen. Seneta for speaking up for the people of Kajiado. I know there are issues around local unemployment and the rights of Kenyans to work anywhere in the country. But I think this petition is about more than just the process. It is a fundamental underlying problem of unemployment of people in the counties, unemployment of youth, but also where is the local content? Where are the locals in the big scheme of things? When we attract investments into our county or even in our country some of the benefits that should be accruing should be that there will be local employment, local capacity development, transfer of technology or know-how to local units and people. By virtue of the fact that a certain investment is in a county or in a locality, then something changes for the better for the communities around there. There is a host community she is talking about. These communities bear the burden of all the other negative effects of what these flower farms bring. Therefore, they should get some benefits out of it. When it comes to the water in their taps going dry because the water has been diverted to the flower farms, it is the local community that would bear the brunt of whatever insecurities will arise out of that or whatever else comes with it. So, it is only fair that when investments come to the local communities or to our counties, there is a commensurate benefit. This is the essence of the economics of foreign or local direct investment. If an investment comes to the county in Kajiado, Isiolo or any other county, the host community should have something to show for it. This is the spirit in which I think the hon. Senator is bringing this petition before this House, to make sure that we look after the communities that host and bring the right environment in which these factories and flower farms are operating. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of these things are rights issues. Right now, globally, one of the things that is being pushed is that businesses must provide for the rights of the 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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