{"id":592861,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/592861/?format=json","text_counter":404,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Muluvi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1959,"legal_name":"Marcus Mutua Muluvi","slug":"marcus-mutua-muluvi"},"content":"As a Committee, we rejected these proposed amendments basically because we felt they are unconstitutional. Article 62(1)(f) and (3) classify minerals as public land, which is vested in the national Government. The national Government’s decision to create a National Mining Corporation (NMC) to participate in mining and mineral activities in the country, and as it is the practice in Namibia and many other countries, we felt this is really within the ambit of the national Government on those bases. Based on the fact that we felt that this is unconstitutional, we rejected it."}