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    "id": 36831,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned earlier through another question, the Ministry is in the process of revising the Mining Bill. We have actually finished the stakeholders’ meeting on that and we are going to bring it here. In the new Minerals and Mining Bill, the Ministry has proposed the creation of a mining fund that is going to be used to assist the artisanal miners. It is true as the hon. Member says, that for many years, our youths have been scrubbing the ground, some have been harvesting gold using very crude methods and they do not get value for their sweat. That has been captured by the Ministry and the new law that is coming we are setting a revolving fund that is going to be borrowed by different groups and even individuals to enable them mine. The Ministry takes very seriously the activities that are being done by the artisanal miners. I also want to mention at this point that the artisanal miners are being recognized for the first time in law in our new Bill that is coming. Initially, they were not recognized and the absence of their recognition did not enable them to even look for money in the banks. They looked like middle men. However, in the new law, we are recognizing the artisanal miners and they are going to be supported by the Government."
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