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    "id": 840637,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "basically the governor can hand pick somebody and put him there. This will create a big problem. Madam Temporary Speaker, what really touches me and it is very important is the way the agreement for the distribution has been made. I do not know whether the people of Turkana actually agreed that 5 per cent only should go to them out of the 80 per cent that will go to the national Government. This Bill proposes only 20 per cent to the county. It is as though it is a favour because no mechanisms have been put in place. As much as we are saying the national Government will be a trustee and make sure that the people of Turkana will benefit, this needs to be discussed. We can see there will be a lot of control from the periphery. The 5 per cent proposed here for the community is not enough. I do not know how they arrived at this figure. If we go by this percentage, the county and the community will only get 25 per cent. We are saying 75 per cent will go to the national Government. It is a pity because the people of Turkana County have been poor people for a long time. It is by God‟s grace that now they have discovered water and oil. I do not know whether this part of the negotiation they have agreed with. I propose that when we come to amendment of this particular clause we need to give the communities much more than what is provided here. Last but not least, we must look at this Bill in its entirety. As has been suggested by other hon. Senators, we need to analyse it, clause by clause. All Bills that will come after this, must be critically analysed. This Bill will be used as a basis. This Bill has a total of 128 clauses. It is a very comprehensive Bill. I suggest other Bills focus on some of these clauses and improve them. We need to be sensitive and give to the communities what their rightful theirs."
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