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    "id": 1071843,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ikolomani, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bernard Shinali",
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        "legal_name": "Benard Masaka Shinali",
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    "content": " This exposes them to risks and hazards leading to loss of lives and serious body injuries as witnessed recently on Thursday, 6th May 2021 where five miners lost their lives and nine were seriously injured in Bushiangala village, Ikolomani Constituency. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the following: 1. Could the Chairperson state whether the Government is aware of the high multitude of mining activities in the Lirhanda Corridor, attracting over 85,000 people and that artisanal mines have been collapsing resulting to deaths and permanent injuries of the miners such as the most recent incident in Bushiangala Village of Ikolomani Constituency, where five people died and nine are nursing permanent injuries in hospitals? 2. Could the Chairperson state the measures the government has put in place to ensure that artisanal miners are equipped with safety kits and necessary skills in mining such as identification of mining risks and conducting of safety checks to aid their safety? 3. Could the Chairperson state whether the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining has collected data on artisanal mining activities in Lirhanda Corridor? 4. As a remedy to unemployment in Kenya, could the Chairperson state the measures the Government has put in place to ensure access to financing by artisanal miners to aid purchase of safety equipment such as helmets, dust masks and first aid kits? 5. Could the Chairperson explain whether the Government has deployed inspectors of mines to enforce safety standards such as reduction of misuse of chemicals like mercury and its far- reaching health impacts in smelting gold? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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