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    "id": 1522987,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522987/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": "Kenyans who reside along the borders from negative environmental impact that is occasioned by mining at the border in neighbouring countries. As I speak to you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, the people of Teso South at Alupe area live in fear that one day they might wake up and find themselves buried underground. The ground might sink because there is mining right at the border. The soil excavated from the mining sites has blocked a river that separates the two countries. It has actually changed direction and changed the boundary. Our houses are cracking and air pollution is rampant thereby increasing respiratory diseases. So, we must have a law put in place that encourages cooperation and collaboration between the two countries so that the impact of mining on the environmental can be addressed because it is changing livelihoods and raising concerns. So, as we pass this law to guide and help us in mining of gold, we must look further and see, irrespective of where the mining is done, how it affects the population around where it is done. Further, we must provide for how those that are injured or killed during the process of mining are compensated. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a good Bill. I support it but as I said, we need to look further and see how to make mining safe for all human beings where it is undertaken. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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