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    "id": 473253,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "We will exploit them when we gain that technology. But we should not give away our minerals. This is a finite resource. It is something that when we extract, it is gone! Unless you get the most benefit out of it, it is gone! I do not want to talk about the Mining Bill, 2014, because the powers of the Cabinet Secretary--- I will say this because in Kitui County where I come from, we have discovered a lot of coal, limestone and iron ore. Those are resources that can support the manufacturing and steel industry. We can produce coal, limestone and cement for over 100 years. We read from the newspapers that the richest man in Africa, Dangote of Nigeria, is coming to invest in Kitui; he is coming to build a cement factory. The local leaders in Kitui, who are here and even those who sit in the Committee in charge of minerals like Major Muluvi, are not aware of this. The stakeholders are not involved. We do not want people to cut deals with foreigners to come and mine our minerals. We will resist that. Hon. Speaker, you will be surprised to learn that even after the discovery of coal some unscrupulous people have made foreign trips to China – some of them are Members of Parliament. They have gone there to look for kickbacks and not investors. We will tell our people to resist this because it is corruption of the highest order. We will not allow mining to take place so long as this Bill does not provide---"
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