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    "id": 1218429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the point of information. However, you are just running ahead of me. I am just at the beginning of my debate. You got me when I was talking generally about these natural resources and in this case, our minerals. As African leaders, we should refuse to fail because of failure of Government and failure of legislation to create laws that can provide how people can easily share benefits. We should refuse to fail in that endeavour, so that our people already have a tool which they can use to share, instead of killing each other. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to speak about gold. I feel very disgusted when I see some of our children in Shinyalu, Lurambi and Ikolomani constituencies and Gem Constituency in Siaya drop out of school. Successive governments have deliberately refused to unlock the gold mining economy. From the Colonial Government to the Government of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta of 1963, for 15 years; the Government of Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi for 24 years; the Government of Mwai Kibaki for 10 years; and the Government of Uhuru for 10 years have all refused. Studies have documented that the gold deposits in the Kakamega Belt; the Liranda belt is worth Kshs200 billion. I do not understand how a Government can look at that and does not want to unlock it. To unlock, they are supposed to only do the simplest of things such as what they did in Turkana County. They invited foreign investors, Tullow One, to exploit the oil."
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