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    "id": 1518750,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1518750/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I come from a gold mining area called the Macalder Mines of Nyatike Sub- county in Migori County. Gold is very dear to me. My house is about five or less minutes’ walk to the gold site in Nyatike. There are so many challenges. I congratulate Hon. Bernard Shinali for bringing the Bill. I support it in totality. It will help us if there will be any amendments. Kindly, allow the amendments to take place. Small-scale miners all over the country, not only in Nyatike, are frustrated when it comes to licences. Initially, licences for small-scale miners were Ksh20,000. It was moved to Ksh500,000 and yet, those are young people who do not have any other source of income. They are subjected to paying Ksh500,000 without notice. In other words, the Government is trying to say that gold mining is for the rich, and the poor should just be their workers. We have a county committee called small-scale miners’ association or something like that. However, the mandate is not given to county governments. The mandate and all the functions are put under the national Government. What is the essence of having that committee when the national Government makes all decisions and yet, small-scale miners live down at the county level? You have to go to the portal to apply for a licence. The majority of those small-scale miners have not gone to school. Probably, there is no electricity or internet network where they 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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