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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I do not want to repeat what my colleagues have mentioned because this issue is touching on our areas. What is still governing mining in this country is the colonial law. The successive governments we have had did not remove that law and, instead, they benefited out of it. West Pokot and its neighboring areas have a lot of mineral resources. However, the people living there are suffering a lot. Those people are just dying people because of hunger and so on. There is no education or healthcare there. It is ironical that those people are living in places where there are mineral resources. I want to thank the Committee for coming up with this Bill. This is what is going to rescue our people. I think this is a God-given opportunity. If you go to Ortum and other areas which are in my constituency, you will find that land has been taken. All you find are plots. People have title deeds and yet, they do not even know the area. They pay The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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