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    "id": 479783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Like my friend who has just finished speaking, I support this Bill but with major amendments. As a country, as we move forward, mining is becoming a very important part of our country. We now have discovered a lot of natural resources that can benefit this country but as this Bill stands, we are going to chase away investors instead of attracting them. The reasons why countries like China and Rwanda have become prosperous is because they put laws and regulations that are conducive for investors to want to go there. When you look at this Bill, it gives so much power to one person; the Cabinet Secretary. It does what we have been fighting for, for a long time, of centralization of power. The reason why we fought for a new Constitution and counties is because we wanted to decentralize power from one person to a community or many people. When you look at this Bill, the way it stands right now, it gives all the power to one person and that is the Cabinet Secretary. If we do not watch, as this House, I have noted something. Every time I read a Bill in this House that we pass, they take back the power to one person; the Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary is becoming a very powerful person in this country because of this House. So, I hope that the Chairperson of the Committee that is responsible for this Bill is listening and they are going to bring amendments so that when it comes to Third Reading, we have key amendments to this Bill. 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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