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    "id": 840109,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "id": 13216,
        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "would also help strengthen the manufacturing sector which will create employment opportunities for many of our youth and other people in the country. In addition to that, there is a requirement that there be employment of Kenyans as this is happening. We, as a Senate, have talked a lot about what is happening with China with regard to the construction of the SGR. We have seen them bringing their workers to do menial jobs instead of engaging Kenyans. There is a requirement in this Bill that a lot of the employment opportunities be reserved for Kenyans. There is also a requirement for a training fund. Kenyans will be trained in upstream petroleum operations. That will go a long way towards making sure that the local content includes a lot of Kenyans in employment, henceforth, we will not have a sector that benefits foreigners at the expense of Kenyans in general. From the contributions of my colleagues, the other issue that is contentious is the sharing of revenue amongst the national Government, counties, as well as the communities. In the Bill, 20 per cent would go to the counties and 5 per cent would go to the local communities. I know that this is a House whose purpose is to defend and protect the counties. Therefore, I understand when Senators feel that this amount may not be sufficient. However, I would like to point out that we are not necessarily limited to that. It is also important to note that the President of the Republic of Kenya sat down with the leadership of the Turkana community and this was the agreement. They agreed that 20 per cent is to go to the counties and 5 per cent should go to the local communities. As a starting point, I believe that this is an amount that is sufficient, though it can be amended as more production is done or more oil is discovered and successfully drilled."
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