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    "id": 1507353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, gold mining started in Dabel in 2023. Around March 2024, the population of miners had increased to almost 40,000, thus resulting to conflict, competition, health and environmental security risk. Despite the population increasing, there was no sanitary and toilet facilities. Further, the miners were using crude and outdated methods resulting to deaths due to the collapse of the mine shafts. Young men of questionable character from the neighbouring Somalia and the locals flocked the mining site, thus leading to the closure of the mines. Following the meeting which was convened by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs and other stakeholders on 2nd August 2024, it was agreed that both Ministries and the County Government of Marsabit work out on modalities to create a conducive environment for the re- opening of the mines. On the action to be taken, during the inter-ministerial meetings, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration was tasked to among others, ensure that the Inspector-General (IG) of Police deploys two formed up units that is the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) and the General Service Unit (GSU) to replace the local multi-agency team. I can confirm that the two teams have been deployed, and are under the supervision of the I-GP. Secondly, the National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs) were tasked to hold a stakeholders’ forum in order to ensure that the communities living around the mines come into a consensus to avoid ethnic tension and conflict. So far, the elder’s representative from the different communities in Moyale have been meeting to iron out their differences, and are in the process of analysing their memorandum for presentation to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs for further direction. Lastly Hon. Speaker, the co-operatives are established through the Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs and the County Government of Moyale. So far, 15 co-"
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