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"speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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"content": "The Bill speaks for itself. It aims to establish and outline the composition, functions, and management of the Gold Processing Corporation. Additionally, it provides for the application, cancellation, and renewal of gold processing licenses, and for connected purposes. This will be a very good link between mining companies and the communities on the ground. The corporation is going to be a good link to miners and the royalties for communities there. It will be a good link both internationally and the Government."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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"content": "Looking at it keenly shows it will also act as a framework. It will also regulate and act as a benefactor at the same time. The clause on the Gold Processing Corporation says its functions are to collect, sample, purify, smelt, fabricate, homogenise, sample, register, refine, monitor, and transport gold and or gold products. It says the corporation will also facilitate international accreditation. You cannot be a beneficiary and regulator at the same time."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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"content": "The Bill should come out very clearly, whether this is a company or not. It says the corporation will help to transport and monitor. It acts as regulator and also a company because it also wants to help sell. The number of gold sites we have in Kenya should be made clear. If I am an international buyer, the corporation should direct me to the quantity I want. As much as I have not gone through the Bill fully, I cite there are areas that you should bring out as a regulator."
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"content": "What happens in circumstances where the side effects of exposure to these minerals affect miners, specifically people in the locality? Will the corporation be liable? Is it going to build and take care of these people through insurance? Will the people who die in gold mining sites be given compensation through the corporation? All those things should come out very clearly. Generally, as a leader, I believe we need a proper consortium of all minerals. The Government should conduct proper ground truthing to determine how many minerals exist in 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. Jematiah Sergon",
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"content": "Kenya. This will ensure a structured approach to mining in the future. We should not just wake up and mine everywhere. Instead, we should plan strategically. We may say we are mining in western Kenya at a given time to give room for other areas. Mining could be exhaustive to the earth. Minerals do not regenerate themselves. You exploit mineral wealth once you touch. It will deplete. What happens in future if we depleted all our minerals such as gold? We should consider maintaining reserves through the corporation. We should have reservoirs. We do not have to sell all the gold. We can also store it in our banks. The dollar might not be there in future. We can trade using gold as one of our backups for survival. With the dynamism of the world today, we never know what will happen in future. I support the Bill. Given opportunity, we can make proper amendments to ensure clarity to its consumers. Thank you."
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"content": " The Member for Kitui Rural, Hon. David Mboni."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me the opportunity to support the Bill. The Bill is important because gold mining and most mining has been done in a juakali or informal manner in this country. The Bill is trying to establish a Gold Processing Corporation. It also contains provisions relating to application of licences to mining and processing gold. Many of the people mining gold have poor returns due to middlemen. Most of them do not know the quality of gold. There are very many middlemen in this sector. Many times, we will hear that people have been conned by being sold fake gold. I remember one day my uncle bought gold. When he got to the house, he found that it was salt. People have lost a lot of money due to this kind of activity. Miners suffer from diseases, especially chest problems, but they cannot pay for their medical bills due to the poor earnings. If the Bill is going to establish a society, it will help them negotiate and fight for their rights. Therefore, this is an important Bill. They will earn what they deserve. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as other Members have said, all minerals in this country should be processed here. For example, gold is sold in raw form. The company that mines titanium in Kwale takes it for processing. Titanium is a very valuable mineral that is used in making the watches that we wear, and some parts of aircraft. These are very valuable products. If we process the minerals here in Kenya, we will create jobs, get income, and have economic growth. As we embark on this Bill, we also need to think about processing other minerals in this country so that as Kenyans we earn what is due to us. The Government should also embark on mining other minerals. Kitui is the third potentially rich county in this country. We have plenty of limestone, iron ore, coal, and copper. The coal we have in Kitui can light this country for 30 years without using anything else. Can you imagine how fast we can grow with coal lighting this country for 30 years? When you have coal and iron ore, you can start the steel industry. As much as we say that the country is poor, we are not looking at the mining sector. This country has a lot of minerals. I do not know what happened to the oil in Turkana. We were made to believe that there is a lot of oil in Turkana. Someone should be in a position to tell us what happened. This Bill is very important and we need to support it. We also need to think of other minerals. Thank you. I support."
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"content": " The Hon. Geoffrey Ruku."
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"speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to contribute to the Gold Processing Bill. The mining sector in the Republic of Kenya is one of the under-performing sectors. It is a sector that can create jobs, raise revenue of this country and earn us foreign exchange that we seriously need as a nation. It is not only gold; we have 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": "Mbeere North, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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"content": "other minerals that we need to invest in and come up with laws to regulate them in the Republic of Kenya. As far as this Bill is concerned, the establishment of a corporation that will be dealing with issues of gold processing is a very critical factor. At the moment, it is true that we have gold miners who are doing gold business in the Republic of Kenya. There is a lot of conning and scams in the gold business. Therefore…"
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