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    "id": 471793,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker, I beg to second this Bill. As the hon. Leader of Majority Party and Mover of this Bill has stated, this Bill has been long coming. It is trying to replace a legislation that was made in 1940 that is certainly not in tandem with our current Constitution and the situation that we are now in. I want to take this opportunity to really thank the House for allowing us to get the expertise that we required to review this Bill, including our partners Sunny Kenya who gave us a lot of input. After consultation with stakeholders who gave us a lot of input, we will be moving a lot of amendments to this Bill and maybe I would just take this opportunity to highlight the areas of concern for Members of the Public that our Committee has taken into consideration. The views from the Members of the Public mainly with regard to the high discretional powers given to the Minister for Mining in regard to powers on establishing which persons can be granted, denied or revoked Mineral right licenses. To cure these discretional powers, as a committee, we will be proposing the establishment of a Mining Rights Board, because we believe in the spirit of good governance. A Minister is responsible for policy direction, and he needs assistance on matters regulation. Though he will be the signatory to the mining right provided, he will get assistance on the review of the same, from a Mining Rights Board so that we address the fears of investors and players in this sector, that we were vesting too much power on an individual. In fact for some of us, like myself, it is my view that, if we retain the discretional powers in the current Bill, we would just be replacing the word Cabinet Secretary with the powers that were previously vested."
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