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    "id": 1265420,
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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Oundo indicated that artisanal miners, particularly in the western region of this country, might become jobless if this convention is ratified. The convention has indeed proposed a ban on certain uses of mercury, but it has also given other provisions on how mercury can be used without adverse health effects. That does not necessarily mean that we will ban the use of mercury. Our Committee oversees the Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, and we have agreed that artisanal miners make up a significant business component in this country. We know that they have to earn a living for their families. We also know what that industry has done for the western part of this country. As a Committee, we propose establishing a co-operative for artisanal miners because middlemen have taken advantage of their ignorance and innocence about the precious minerals that they mine. We have taken that into consideration, and we will not render them jobless. We are just looking for a proper way to use mercury. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. Under Standing Order 53, I request that you defer putting the Question."
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