{"id":11849,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/11849/?format=json","text_counter":155,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Murgor","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources","speaker":{"id":90,"legal_name":"Julius Recha Murgor","slug":"julius-murgor"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, NEMA issued stop orders on mining activities in Bura District vide letters referenced NEMA/5/4/Vol.II of 16th May, 2011 to eight companies, namely, Yamata Gypsum Limited, Hilaa Mining and Construction Company Limited, Dajachana Mining Company, M/s Fataha Mining and Construction Company Limited, Delta Mining Company, Wakasha Mining and Construction Company Limited, Amka Ventures Limited and Athi Stores Limited. NEMA ordered the companies to:- (a) immediately stop mining activities in Bura District until they adequately decommissioned the previous sites to the satisfaction of the environmental inspectors; (b) carry out EIA for any new mining sites, and where EIA licence will be issued, licence conditions will be strictly adhered to; (c) fence off the disused excavations in accordance to mining safety regulation No.4(1), parts (a) and (e); and, (d) erect beacons at the new sites bearing details of the companies and all relevant licence numbers according to Mining and Safety Regulations No. 23 and 24. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to table both the stop orders and lifting orders."}