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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we do not defend our people, who will defend them? I want to be on record saying we must defend devolution fully. We must consider people in counties and their resources which can benefit them. The only thing we, as the Maasai nation know is that the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and our land have been taken by the foreigners. It is them who are benefitting from it and our land. This House has the ability to do what the petitioners are asking for and ensure proper legislation is in place to take care of those people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the majority of our population is made up of youth. Looking at the statistics even in Maasailand, the youth are the majority. I will give the House accurate statistics. In Narok County, for example, almost 65 per cent of the people who voted for me were youths aged between 18 and 35 years. Many of them are jobless. Therefore, when I say we need to defend them and come up with proper legislation that will assist them, I am not calling for them to arm themselves. However, if we force them to go back to their traditional way of life, roam around and, of course, they will end up stealing because they have to fend for themselves. When there was an issue in Trans Mara and I went there, I told the Maasais not to be lazy. I told them if they are given jobs to do, they must report at the place of work at 8.00 a.m. If they are supposed to report there at 7.00 a.m. I told them to be there. This is not only about our rights as Maasais, but it also our responsibility as well. I know certain challenges are there and this is what the Committee ought to address. When there is an allegation that those jobs are not advertised locally, what is it that this company is hiding? Is it the way they are using the water? Are they contaminating the water? When you do research on the flower farms in Naivasha, you will find that many people have come up and claimed that Lake Naivasha is highly contaminated. It is only the local people who will be able to know whether that lake is highly contaminated or not. This is because their animals, including cows, sheep and goats will die from drinking that contaminated water. All I am asking is equal treatment of all our 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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