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    "id": 472989,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/472989/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms) Chebet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Susan Kipketer Chebet",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this time. I have really waited the whole afternoon but I think it has borne some fruits. I want to contribute to this Bill, support it wholly and say that it has come at the right time. In my Elgeyo Marakwet County, we have a huge land which is Arid and Semi- Arid and has mineral deposits. I think when we have a Bill like this to control the mining of those minerals, it is going to support our county and the National Government. The county government is already banking on that. It is banking on minerals to create wealth and extra resources. From the community side, we look forward to the mining of those minerals. They are already under exploration. When the mining starts, I know the community will benefit because the place will be opened up. The roads will be made and, maybe, the railway transportation will also be improved so that it can connect the upper areas of the land and the lower area. Again, we are going to have employment in the mining industry. That employment will absorb our youth. It will create wealth and that will translate into food security into our community. That part of the community; that part of the land is dry and cannot produce food. So, if we have money from the mining industry to buy food, I think the poverty level of the community will go down. Education of our children will be supported and we will have an educated youth that can contribute to the development of our county. Generally, counties that have mining industries like South Africa, Nigeria and others have come out of poverty. They have created wealth and they are very rich now because of the mineral deposits in their countries and the mining industries that have been put up. Kenya will be joining those rich countries if we have a proper law like the Bill that we are going to make enact and control and regulate the mining industry. I know we are going to meet the target of Vision 2030 in Kenya. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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