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    "id": 1613679,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to comment on the statement by Sen. Oketch Gicheru on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining. I have a statement like this one, which has not been responded to. We have always raised concern on the rationale and justification of classifying some minerals as strategic minerals, which should only be mined by the National Mining Corporation (NAMICO). We have asked about the rationale, and have also asked if there has been adequate stakeholder involvement in classifying these minerals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, where I come from, in Taita-Taveta County, the people who deal with artisanal mining, especially of tsavorites, are really worried because if they start dealing with tsavorite, they might be harassed by police officers and so, we want to get this response, plus the response to a similar statement I raised in this House. However, I do not know if the National Mining Corporation (NAMICO) of Kenya can do mining in the whole of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other statement is about the information or data that has been collected by the aerial survey on minerals in Kenya. That data is there, and I do not know who it is helping because that information has not been publicised. That information needs to be published, so that counties, people or investors who want to deal with minerals or mines, can use that information for the sake of extracting the minerals. This is so that they can help the counties. There is a revenue-sharing formula between the national Government, counties and the people. So, we need this information as fast as possible."
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