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    "id": 595367,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I feel very sad when I look at local contractors who have been involved in the process from the beginning. For example, in Mwingi, the local contractors who have been investigating the prospects for coal mining in that area have been left far behind, simply because they do not have the resources and facilities. I feel very bad because these are the people who started the process but then here comes a giant investor. They have been left behind simply because they are not able to match the resources that are brought from abroad. I hope that once this Bill comes into being and things start to work, local contractors will also be considered genuinely and not just on paper. I am happy to say that this Bill considers the environment. I do not want to repeat most of what others have said. The other thing is we are also looking at the revenue that will be earned, and that will be exchanged for dollars and other currencies that may be agreed on with the contractors. There is also another issue that I would like to bring up. In the geothermal sub-sector, there are very many private individuals in our country, who have discovered geothermal energy and are not able to excavate it, or give an option to the Government, yet since they have discovered it in Government area, how else will they benefit. I hope that as we go along, people who discover oil in their private plots will be able to benefit from it, as well. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill."
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