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    "id": 1522951,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522951/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": "The Bill was introduced in 2023, therefore, it is a good time for us to review it. In addition to considering this Gold Processing Bill, we also need to consider other natural resources in the country. There are sporadic gold deposits in the area I come from, which have not been fully utilised and properly harnessed. We also have other minerals such as rubies, and small pockets of oil here and there because of the nature of our environment, which is a desert. However, gold is considered to signify wealth, depending on who discovered it first. Even as we consider this Bill, we should also consider other minerals, so that we come up with one Bill to protect all minerals in the country. We recently discovered cobalt in Meru and Embu in eastern Kenya. We need to do more to protect our minerals. If this Bill is passed, it will become an Act of Parliament which will work hand in hand with the Mining Act that is already in place. I urge the Committee to come up with a Bill for all our minerals for our safety and future. Growing up, we used to be told that sometimes it is not good to touch what God has given you and use it as a reservoir in the future. If you look at countries that have exploited their minerals, it has become a curse for them or has brought problems. In most cases, the mining does not benefit the people who do the actual work; it benefits the cartels and international companies that exploit people. The Bill will help us curb that problem."
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