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    "content": "Our water is used and we are not compensated for it. Our environment is contaminated. We are asking for CSR; we are asking for things to be done for us but we are not considered. If we cannot come here and defend the Maasai; that we have to think about local content and that the Maasai of Kajiado County have to be given those jobs--- How do you explain the fact that you are born in an area where there is a big factory or a big flower farm, and you cannot be given a job there? This issue is very emotive and we cannot just wish it away. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very honest that at some point, I actually supported Kiambu County because they cared about their people. We went into devolution to try and stop rural-urban migration. Now, where we have land – which apparently happens to be in Maasai land – people are encroaching into our lands because we had no concept of title deeds. Sen. Orengo and I have been trying to solve the problem of Kedong Ranch. There are so many flower farms which are situated in Kedong Ranch and yet the Maasai do not benefit from them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Maasai will not stay like that; they will demand what is rightfully theirs. You cannot sit here and tell us that a company will come and set up shop there, it is owned by people who import all their manpower. They do not want locals to be in that company because the locals will know whatever is happening there; for example, the fact that the available water is not able to sustain that environment. Our environment is being degraded and the best people to defend it are the locals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that in the Committee on Energy, we are dealing with this Local Content Bill supported by Sen. Moi. I am one of those people who believe that we should define local; but let us go “local local”. What is “local local?” Recently, a Maasai man was killed in the Standard Gauge railway (SGR) when he had gone to look for a job. If you do not want the Maasai to get jobs, it will get to a point where we will take our spears and do what we know best; to defend ourselves."
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