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    "id": 632153,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. As one of the members of the Mediation Committee, for sure the mediation process was good. The team worked very hard. On the prospecting rights, in the original Bill, somebody could just do prospecting on a land without getting consent from the land owner. But after the mediation process, the team agreed that whoever is going to prospect for minerals on somebody else’s land must get consent from the land owner, which is a win-win situation for both the land owner and the prospector. On the rejection of a licence, it was the sole decision by the CS under the original Bill. After mediation, the team came up with a resolution that the Mining Board should also be involved. If the CS were to decline, the matter would go to the High Court. Involving the Mining Board in the decision making is good. We also agreed that this Board should have people with knowledge in minerals. On strategic minerals, in the original Bill the decision on what mineral is strategic was to be made solely by the CS. But after the mediation, we agreed that we should also engage the Mining Board. Therefore, I stand to support the resolutions made by this Committee chaired by Hon. Amina Abdalla. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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