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    "id": 39671,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/39671/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, during the visit, it was, indeed, established that there was environmental degradation associated with failure to rehabilitate exhausted mine pits. We visited three sites in Nangini Location and another two sites in Bangali area. The sites we visited were under the following five companies: Amca, Ardhi Stores, Yemata and Wakasha mining companies. After consultation with the hon. Minister Michuki, he directed that all mining activities be stopped and rehabilitation commenced. So, right from when we were on the site, we consulted and closed the mining activities in Bura. Based on that directive, the Director of NEMA issued stop orders to the eight companies which were operating in Bura on 18th May, 2011. The stop orders require the companies to meet the following conditions:- (i) carry out environmental impact assessment for the new mining sites and where Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence has been obtained the licence conditions be strictly adhered to, in accordance with Section 58(1) of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act of 1999 and the EIA Regulations of 2003. (ii) The companies rehabilitate the abandoned excavated sites, in accordance with the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999, Part 9, Section 108(2) and the Mining Safety Regulation 6(1) to the satisfaction of the District Environmental Committee and NEMA. The proposed simple rehabilitation process should entail back- filling with the mine wastes followed by the planting of trees in the sites that have been mined. A clearance letter confirming satisfaction with the rehabilitation efforts must be issued thereafter by NEMA to enable the companies to go ahead with their activities."
}