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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. Regulations are crucial to the administration of mining activities in any nation. This Bill comes in to solve some of the challenges in the mining sector, not just gold but generally mining at large. There are numerous reported and unreported cases of gold being smuggled into and out of this country, of illegal dealings extraction, sale and transportation. Therefore, this must be addressed. I thank my colleague, Hon. Shinali, for bringing forth this Bill. At the outset I support. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my contribution is on Part II of the Bill which I think is the most important. It is an important Part because it will bring order to this sector. The Bill provides for the Gold Processing Corporation and its functions. The Bill mandates the Corporation to collect, sample, purify, smelt, fabricate, homogenise, sample, register, refine, monitor, and transport gold and gold products. In fact, the major challenges in the mining sector are: infrastructure deficiencies, lack of proper roads, and lack of structured transportation systems which make the cost of transporting high. I believe, this Bill will bring some order in the trading and prospecting of gold. This Bill also seeks to ensure that there is compliance of national standards with international ones. It also seeks to facilitate international accreditation, registration and licensing. This is very critical. Clause 11 of the Bill provides for the establishment of the board. I am very happy that it provides for a chairperson to be appointed by the President, the Principal Secretary responsible for Mining, the Principal Secretary responsible for the National Treasury, the for Principal Secretary responsible for Lands, and the Principal Secretary responsible for Environment among others. I want to speak about the environment because environmental impact assessment is very important. I will consult the owner of the Bill on how we can introduce a clause to protect 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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