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    "id": 81495,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the results of the EIA, before any mining is done an EIA study is done. Had I been asked that Question, I would have been able to provide a response. It is true the EIA was done. What the hon. Member should be more interested in is how the rehabilitation is done after the mining has taken place. Again, that is covered by law. This is because rehabilitation and reburying of the refuse must be done after mining has taken place. The residents are supposed to be involved. As I mentioned two weeks ago when I was answering another Question in this House, the new Constitution has better provisions than the law we had previously. The law in operation now, and which we are overhauling as a Ministry, does not allow any benefits to go to the residents. It also does not allow them to take part after a licence has been issued. The only protection the law provides is the environmental protection so that livelihoods like livestock are not affected. In the revised Mining and Minerals Bill which will be brought before the House very soon, we have actually introduced more benefits to the residents and allowed their participation in deciding where the mining will take place. It is, however, true that the EIAs have taken care of the fact that if an area is a livestock area, we must ensure that we do not destroy the livelihoods of the people. That is taken care of."
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