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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigor, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I wish to support the Statement by Hon. (Dr) Ariko, the Member for Turkana South. We have many illegal miners and particularly, in West Pokot, and between West Pokot and Turkana. Now, these illegal miners are operating without a mining licence and they are mining gold. We have engaged these people but seemingly, they are cartels and are being protected by officers from the Ministry of Mining. Right from the regional office in Eldoret to the headquarters here, all those guys who are supposed to be protecting communities are aligned in doing illegal work. When you get them, they have no licence for mining. They have no consent from the county government nor any document. Others have fraudulent documents from National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA). The kind of environmental destruction that they have caused is worrying and sad. I hope the Committee expedites its investigation into this matter because according to Dr Ariko's Statement, these people do not have any mining licences. They have even threatened to change the course of a river, and very soon, a town called Kainuk will be swept away because of the illegal activities of these miners. I, therefore, wish that these people are brought to book. If they have applied for a mining licence and they have not got it, let them be denied the licence because they have engaged in illegal activities. The Government, communities and the county government are losing a lot of 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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