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    "id": 473379,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/473379/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I stand to support, but with amendments. This Bill is long overdue. This is because it has taken decades before this Bill was last amended. Social licences are in line with the principles of devolution. They encourage the entire Mwatate Constituency and Taita Taveta County at large. I have a feeling that communities which own this land will benefit over time. Over time I have experienced investors trickling into Taita Taveta County which is rich in minerals. They get rich and leave the place without even building a single toilet. The only thing we are left with is a wounded environment. I thank the Committee for taking care of this in the Bill. Minerals are found in the national parks. It is, therefore, important that the Committee considers the communities when issuing out licences. In Tsavo East and Tsavo West, investors are given licences and yet the people they bring there--- There is growing insecurity in those areas. We nowadays hear of women being raped. It is important that the Committee realizes that it is important to involve the communities that live around the parks. It is important to go as low as the ward level in order to involve communities especially where community land is an issue. Common minerals now fall under the jurisdiction of the county governments. I feel that common minerals should be left to the communities---"
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