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    "id": 83171,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to say that the mining industry has not been neglected. I think the procedure has been very long. One of the things that a country that wants to venture into exploration does is capacity building. Now Kenya has enough geologists to do exploration. This is starting. The other point is that there was need to change the current Act on mining. That is why there has been a review of the Mining and Minerals Bill. The current Draft Bill was done in 2006 but as soon as the mood of changing the Constitution came in, it became necessary for the Ministry to delay that Bill because of what was expected to go into the Constitution. What the Constitution has done is quite major because it now recognizes ownership of minerals by communities which was not in the previous law. So, I assure the Member that we already have a task force that is dealing with all the laws in our sectors. They have given the first priority to the Mining and Minerals Bill which will be brought to this House very soon."
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