Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 57578,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/57578/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 162,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, close to 50 years down the line we are still trying to finish the exploration of our minerals mainly because, as I said, first, it is high capital intensive and covering the whole country will take a while but it is going on. I am happy to report that we already have a geological map but we are going into further exploration especially on the issue of quantification. We have a number of companies which are already prospecting the iron ore sector. We have about ten companies in various places. We have two companies in Tharaka, four in Kitui, one in Rachuonyo and two in Taita. What happens when it comes to exploration is that because the Government cannot afford to do kilometre to kilometre exploration. We have what we call exploration or prospecting licences. Companies which are interested in mining eventually buy from the Government and that makes our work a little bit easier. So, we do not know the amount currently but we are moving there because of the high interest especially in the iron ore sector."
}