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    "id": 479785,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/479785/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "We need to amend the Bill so that the only time that we put serious regulations for an investor who wants to come and do mining is when it involves excavating or turning and removal of soil. But if it just testing; the initial testing, they should let them test and see if there is something to be mined. Another thing that this Bill does not cover is how to share the resources, especially the royalties. It says that the owner of the permit pays royalties to the State. We have the county government. We have the community but it only says that the royalties are to be paid to the State. What about the county government? What about the estate? What about the community in that place? I support that we need to regulate so that when a natural resource is taken from an area, the people of that area become the first beneficiaries. For example, the issue of water. A Chinese company came to Cherangany in Cherangany Hills and extracted water. The people who are benefiting from that water are not from Cherangany. Even somebody living next door to the water does not have clean water. The water is flowing under people’s houses but they do not have water. The people in Kitale Town and Western Kenya are the ones who are benefiting from the water and yet the people of Cherangany themselves who have the privilege of the water source are not benefiting."
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