26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I have seen under Clause 69, the Bill has provided for waste management which, in this case, has also affected humans and wildlife. If we amend a few clauses, petroleum and any other natural resources can be extracted without any challenges.
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 58 on sharing of revenue between National, County and Local Communities is very critical in this Bill. However, I feel 25 per cent set aside for the local community is very little. Here it is proposed that the county government will get 20 per cent while the local community gets 5 per cent. To me, this needs to be reconsidered. Recently, we witnessed a lot of conflict between the Tullow Oil Company and the local community in Turkana County. The locals blocked the trucks that were ferrying crude oil because they could not see its benefits ...
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few points, I wish to really commend the people who came up with this particular Bill. It will assist us manage our local resources in various counties. It is unfortunate this Bill is only focusing on oil in Turkana County. It is likely that in other counties, particularly Bomet County, we might discover oil or other resources. For example, I heard some gas was discovered in Kajiado County.
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26 Sep 2018 in Senate:
As my colleagues said, this Bill should also address the issue of land in various counties. That is community land versus individual or private land. We do not want to hear of conflicts between the community, the national Government and the investors.
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2 Aug 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also giving me a chance to add my voice to this debate. I thank this great Committee for a job well done. From what we have heard, Members of this Committee put their lives on the line for the sake of the people of Solai. Thank you very much.
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2 Aug 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also giving me a chance to add my voice to this debate. I thank this great Committee for a job well done. From what we have heard, Members of this Committee put their lives on the line for the sake of the people of Solai. Thank you very much.
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2 Aug 2018 in Senate:
In fact, in front of me is a very voluminous “book” that was done out of this great investigation. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I look at this Report, I still mourn the 48 people who perished as a result of this tragedy. I also sympathize with the 52 orphans who do not have their parents today; we do not even know whether they have food and shelter right now. This Report will go down in the record books of history that in the Twelfth Parliament, the Senate stood up for the great people of Solai. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Solai ...
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2 Aug 2018 in Senate:
In fact, in front of me is a very voluminous “book” that was done out of this great investigation. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I look at this Report, I still mourn the 48 people who perished as a result of this tragedy. I also sympathize with the 52 orphans who do not have their parents today; we do not even know whether they have food and shelter right now. This Report will go down in the record books of history that in the Twelfth Parliament, the Senate stood up for the great people of Solai. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Solai ...
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1 Aug 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 1st August, 2018. Report of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold-Coast, Australia, from 4th to 15th April, 2018
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1 Aug 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 1st August, 2018. Report of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold-Coast, Australia, from 4th to 15th April, 2018
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