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    "id": 1479153,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1479153/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Climate Change and Forestry on the following: 1. Provide a report on all reconnaissance, prospecting or mining licences issued under the Mining Act, CAP 306, for mining in Macalder, including details of the firms, terms of the licences, the minerals in respect of each licence, and the status of mining activities for each mineral. 2. Criteria for award of mining licenses and clarification on the reasons for granting licences to foreign firms, including the number of local miners from Migori County granted mining licences. 3. Provide a report on whether the directive of cessation of copper mining in Macalder region citing its declaration as a strategic mineral followed the process set out in the Mining (Strategic Minerals) Regulations, 2017 and if not, the reasons for its enforcement in Macalder. 4. An explanation for the gazettement of Macalder as a forest despite being ancestral home for the local residents and steps being taken to revoke the gazettement and issue locals with title deeds. 5. Provide a report on pay-out of royalties to Migori County Government and the local communities for minerals mined from Macalder, and if not, the reasons for non-remittance; and, 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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