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    "id": 1609041,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1609041/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Ideally, we should even have a board that licenses miners or the people who are engaging in the mining business; not one or two Ministry officials deciding whom to license. Just as we have the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) in the gambling or betting business, we ought to have a mining board that is scrutinising who is mining, who is being licensed, where they are being licensed, and what they are to mine. Not only are people doing illegal mining, they are also getting mining licences for quarrying. As Hon. ‘Lochaks’ says, people are mining gold and other very precious metals in some of those areas. The same thing is happening in Embu and Tharaka-Nithi. The people of Kenya own the natural resources that are exploited by foreigners and shipped out of this country. It is imperative that the Committee takes the responsibility of guiding the House on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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