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"speaker_name": "Lugari, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Nabii Nabwera",
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"content": "Bay. This provides a platform even for the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, and the Department of Mining, to go further and find other areas that have gold deposits in western Kenya. I was really concerned when we lost two people and 18 others were injured in Shinyalu two weeks ago because they were mining gold crudely. I also want to bring to your notice an individual I know who has made billions of monies from the mines in Ikolomani. Unfortunately for us, miners are paid meagre earnings and the Government does not earn any revenue. For this reason, I support the Bill."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " Hon. Dick Maungu."
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"speaker_name": "Luanda, DAP-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dick Oyugi",
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"content": " Thank you very much for the opportunity given that I may also add my voice to this important Bill. From the onset, I really applaud my good brother Hon. Ben Shinyali and the Committee for coming up with such a progressive Bill. Gold is an important resource. Kenya is one of the few countries that God has blessed with this rare resource. Therefore, a law that comes in to put order and protect small miners is highly welcome. My good friend, brother Nabii forgot to mention that apart from Kakamega County, Vihiga County and specifically, Luanda Constituency is one of those areas that have been identified as potentially full of gold deposits. Therefore, the Bill will not only go to protect other counties but also my people in Luanda. We have these gold deposits in places like Mwibona Ward, Emaloba and other areas. However, the so-called cartels have abused and misused our young men for a long time. For lack of legislation and some framework within which to do processing, cartels have taken advantage of the young people. Therefore, the Bill comes in to bring order and sanity as we shall give protection to the people who do mining at that low level. As late as last Saturday, we buried one of our great men who died in the process of mining gold. We have lost very many young men. These men go into these mines every other day, trying to secure an economic venture out of the mines but unfortunately, the mines collapse in the process. Sometimes, they are covered inside, never to be seen again. This leaves young widows and orphaned children. Having a Bill that ensures safety in the environment within which gold is mined will go a long way in ensuring there is integrity. It will also ensure that artisanal miners are equally enabled, trained and facilitated so that brokers and cartels do not take over the industry. I rise to support and thank my good brother, Hon. Shinali, for a well-thought Bill at this point in time. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": " Thank you. I take this opportunity to talk about the Bill by my brother from the area. I also come from the gold mine neighbourhood in Kakamega, and several things should be done urgently. I read a paper about two or three weeks ago which said that Africa is still very rich in natural resources, but it is yet to exploit them. We do not even have any structure for the mining of some of the natural resources in Kenya. Way back when I was still in school, the gold mine areas were the best in Africa. The only issue is that there is very poor infrastructure. I have heard that some committees are actually involved. Anybody can just walk to the area, give a tip to the people around and start mining. There is very poor infrastructure. The administration of this country together with the leadership of the area, including my brother who has proposed this Bill, should sit down with the foreigners and discuss how mining should be done. I understand that there are Japanese and Chinese there. If this is sorted, it is not only going to offer our people jobs, but it will also earn us foreign exchange. Gold is one of the most precious metals in the world. We can see what is here is gold. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": "I ask my brother, Hon. Shinyali, who we are depending on as our leader in that area, to organise and have an administrative unit to organise the whole place. It is unfortunate that people are looking for jobs, but there are none. That is why the boys and girls who rushed there died. They were only looking for income. I suggest we sit down and organise ourselves so that apart from gold mining, we govern the exploration of other natural resources. We have read history and know very well that Europeans rushed to Africa because it had all the natural resources. Maybe, we can even get gold in Nairobi. We have to organise and sort out the biggest problem that we have today. Let us see to it that this Bill is passed so that locals can have a source of income. We cannot blame the young men that we are mourning. They rushed to that place because it provided them income. The Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs should go there and take charge. It should organise the whole mining structure to avoid a repeat of the same for the benefit of the people of Kakamega and the country at large. I support this Bill and ask the Member of Parliament, the Mover of the Bill, to take leadership like he has done now, not because of the people who lost their lives but for the future of this country. Let him be on record and assist the Ministry and our people to do proper gold mining in the area. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Samuel Atandi."
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make my submissions on this Bill. The Gold Processing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.46 of 2023) is timely, because of the issues it seeks to correct. When we talk about gold, we basically think it is about money and wealth but when we go down to the villages and listen to the people involved in gold mining, we are surprised at the environment they work in. Gold miners are some of the poorest workers in this country. Gold mining is not beneficial to the miners principally because the miners do not get returns out of their work. One of the reasons they never get the returns is because of the existence of the middlemen. This Bill seeks to establish a gold processing corporation. This is one of the most fundamental clauses in this Bill. It is very important because a corporation will ensure that there is order in the way gold mining is done. It also seeks to create a board that is going to ensure that there is testing, standards, and safety. We are aware that in the recent past, in many parts of the country, we have lost many Kenyans who were involved in the mining sector. This is because the safety measures that are supposed to guide the workers involved in this sector do not exist. A gold processing corporation is going to ensure that safety measures are put in place, and that there is order I spoke about the returns. If a sector is not organised and properly regulated, it goes without saying that even the workers in it will never be able to get proper returns. In Siaya County, specifically in my Constituency, there are many segments of the Constituency where miners work daily but they do not have equipment for gold mining. It is a manual exercise. Once a gold processing corporation is established, they will plan and introduce technology. That will make the process seamless, commercial and bring equipment that will ensure the environment is protected. In some parts of my Constituency, one of the roads got damaged because of how the miners go around their work underground. Mining can start, for instance, from here but go up to Nyayo Stadium underground. In the process, they may pass a road. As a result, the road gets damaged because of the mining activities. This happens because they lack the technical capacity to guide them to where the gold exists. This Bill is important. I ask Members of this House that we pass it quickly to allow it to be in place for the safety of the miners and to ensure that they get returns. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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"content": "One of the things that this Bill has not addressed is compensation for people who donate their land for mining. In my Constituency, I have cases where there is conflict between landowners where gold deposits have been detected. When the gold deposits are detected in a particular area, people who want to mine come to sign agreements. These agreements are not tested and after a short while, conflict occurs. People fight saying they are going to buttress the agreement they made. This is one of the things that we need to include in this Bill so that we can resolve cases of conflict for the benefit of miners. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support."
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"content": " Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal."
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