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    "id": 965188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/965188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support this Statement. Coming from the Senator for Taita-Taveta, I am reminded of an incident where, one time we went campaigning for votes there. The old men there told us that since we protect the animals more than the people, we should go to the park and campaign to the elephants to get votes from them. It is important for him to ask this question because Taita-Taveta has got enormous mineral wealth; probably unimaginable. All those who extract that wealth are the people who know how valuable that county is. This goes across the country because even in my County of Siaya, there is a lot of gold but we do not see any evidence of people getting services or sharing that mineral resource in terms of wealth creation. This Statement should have had a response like yesterday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you go to a place like the USA, the State of California is rich because it has a share in the resources of California, be it mineral wealth or agriculture. If you go to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), you will note that some people there are richer than others depending on the resources they get from their oil resources. I hope that this will not be another incident where the legislature makes the right legal provisions in terms of legislation, then it is infracted by violation of provisions of an existing statute. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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