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    "id": 472019,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/472019/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Let me start in these dying moments by appreciating the work of the Committee. This is huge and complex Bill, but they have done tremendous work on it. The true potential of Kenya in terms of mineral resources actually has just been realized. What we are seeing now is basically the beginning. You realize that in every place there is exploration and something is found. In Kisumu, we are being told that there is indication that there are some deposits. Even the old mining areas that were abandoned at the time of independence, say, Kakamega, Migori and Seme there are still indications that there are minerals. The old Bill we are now, fortunately, replacing could not cater for the interests of the country; it was basically catering for the interests of the colonialists who were basically extractors. They were getting the minerals for themselves. When their time came up they told us that some areas were already exhausted. They did not just tell us the truth. We must be prepared now that resources are coming. Many countries have suffered because of minerals. We cannot forget a country like Nigeria. It is not about community and environmental problems; it is also about the problem of managing the large resources that are found in the counties. You get the minerals and people actually get poorer. People do not even get---"
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