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    "id": 788340,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulyungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill because energy can make a country rich and the opposite is also true. Energy can make a country very poor if you do not have it. There is coal in the constituency I represent; which is a source of energy and there is every intention by this country to start mining it. As leaders from Ukambani region, we made a memorandum and submitted it to the Committee for consideration. We would like it to be included in this Bill. During the Committee of the whole House, we shall move amendments because I think the Committee did not consider the submissions which I made before it. I listened to the Chairman of the Committee when he mentioned something about the stakeholders that the Committee listened to. He did not mention leaders from Ukambani. Maybe it was an oversight. I have seen the memorandum attached; but when he was making his presentation, he forgot to mention leaders from Ukambani. We were recommending that where the energy resource is being mined, the royalties be increased from five to 10 per cent so that the local community can also benefit. We also said that prior to production of coal; there must be proper land adjudication. When land was adjudicated in the coal basin area, it elicited a lot of interest. There were a lot of errors that were either intentional or otherwise. Therefore, there must be proper adjudication of land so that there are no mistakes. If there will be compensation, then people must be compensated properly. I see a challenge because in my community, trying to compulsorily acquire land, especially ancestral land, is very complicated as we value graves. I would rather leave my house and carry the grave of my relative. Therefore, that is a challenge that needs to be addressed. My community may have a problem with relocation. This Bill must address compensation issues. If people have to be relocated, how are they going to be compensated? If they do not want to be relocated, what will happen? There will also be need for the licensees to undertake corporate social responsibilities (CSR). For example, there is a lack of water in my constituency. We expect a big company coming to mine coal to provide us with the necessary infrastructure, especially water, roads, and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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