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    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.T. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "there is oil. There is a lot of conflict in that area. I know that this country is very lucky to have discovered oil in Turkana and I pray that it does not become a curse to our country. With the passing of this Bill, there will be harmony in mining because I understand we have a lot of deposits. We have deposits in Mombasa. I understand they are very strategic for our country and this may enable us attain the 2030 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). From what I have heard from the few members of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, we will have strict regulations and laws to determine the sharing of royalties because that is where the problem will be. Like in the case of Turkana, I hope there will be proper regulation where local communities will benefit because that is their luck. I wish I was born a Turkana for that reason because maybe then that is where my riches would come from. So, they should be given first priority in terms of royalties. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know that ownership of some of these mines will become an issue. This is because of the underhand dealings through the Government departments that will come up. In the Bill, I can see quite a number of boards that will be coming up. I am optimistic that with the passage of this Bill, we will do away with underhand dealings where people come in and through proxies, exploit the precious mines that we have. I believe that with this regulation and the mines that have been discovered in Mombasa, North Eastern Province and Turkana, we will have transfer of skills from elsewhere. I have gone to Lodwar in Turkana and I have seen a lot of heavy machinery coming in. Of course, I am also very happy that there is going to be a lot of training in various fields, both locally and transfer of knowledge from elsewhere into our country. People will be specialised in mining. Hon. Deputy Speaker, recently I read that the President asked one of the universities to mount courses in mining so that we do not have to over-rely on people from outside the borders. I believe that by the time we get into serious business in mining, we will have our own local people to be able to help us achieve some of these goals. I am sure that with proper exploitation and proper sharing of the royalties, we will transform this country into an industrialised state. In Kakamega and South Nyanza where we have gold, people have died. I believe with the licensing in place, things will be all right. We will also avoid the risk of people dying in mines. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bill will bring sanity into mining and as you all know, the regulation we are using today was enacted before any of us in this House was born. It was enacted in 1940."
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