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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. As it stands, mining gold in every part of the country is in a mess. Those people are desperate and looking for how to survive. They go into caves that collapse and many are killed. Some are maimed and disabled because they are looking for gold. When I look at the Bill, I believe it is going to bring order to the mining industry. The Bill seeks to establish an institutional and legal framework to organise the mining, gold collection, purification, smelting, fabrication, and registration of the whole business of the people struggling to mine gold. This is lacking right now. There are small pockets of areas in my constituency thought to have gold. People go into these areas and start mining due to desperation. Many times, when it rains, the holes collapse and people die. In my submission, I thank the Committee for all the observations and recommendations presented in the Bill. Establishing that regulatory framework will put everything in order. Sometimes, middle-men blackmail these people when they get some little cash from mining. In fact, we have to come to their rescue. I hope this will be fast-tracked so that our people are not exploited as they struggle to mine. With those few remarks, I want to say this is a good Bill. I urge other Members to support it. It will bring order to the industry. The whole country will also gain from the order."
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