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    "id": 1012504,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathioya, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kimari Kihara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I hear what the Members are saying. As a Committee, we have also toyed on this issue very much. The issue of the geo-survey was, indeed, before this Committee and approximately Kshs5 billion had been committed for that work. Indeed, that work had even started and the consultants had been picked. However, for some reasons, the Executive saw it fit to move this from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining to the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government under the National Intelligence Service (NIS). So, some of these decisions are things which, as a Committee, should be ceased with. However, we are also trying to see how we can help this Ministry to be able to do the right thing and to ensure that we have the right laboratories in the country so that we can do the necessary tests. We have put some funds in the current budget to ensure that we can have a laboratory in Kenya, so that we do not, all the time, hear of ores that are being taken to Tanzania or shipped out of the country. As you said, it goes round. It is the same issue if you go to Kwale. If you go to other areas with precious stones like Taveta, it is the same issue. So, we want to ensure that we have the right laboratories here in our country, so that we do not export raw but finished products The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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