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    "id": 592971,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kiptanui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui",
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    "content": "We are also proposing as a Committee that once you apply for a permit or licence, the time taken by the CS, or the relevant authority, to approve the application must be stipulated in this Act. There is no way you can apply for a permit and it takes the CS more than a month or two. Depending on the mood of the CS, you may not even get that licence. Therefore, we propose some time frame upon which a permit must be issued. This Bill has quite a number of proposals when it comes to fines and penalties. If you violate some provisions of this law, there are penalties and fines which will be imposed. There are proposals from the sector that some of the penalties are excessive. This Bill provides that if you violate any of the provisions of the Act, you will pay a minimum of a specific amount. Clauses 49 and 55 provide for a minimum of Ksh10 million. As a Committee, we propose that we need to be very clear and set the maximum limit that you should pay if you fail to comply with the provisions of this law. Instead of being given the minimum, you should know what the maximum amount is. If you say minimum of Kshs1million, you can be told to pay Kshs100 million on the upper side. We are proposing that we need to have a maximum limit for penalties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a proposal in Clause 12 of the Bill that seeks to establish the National Upstream Petroleum Advisory Committee. It outlines the composition of that committee. This committee will comprise eight members. It is not very clear how the issue of gender will be taken care of. If you go through the list as it is now, you will realise that the Attorney-General, the Principal Secretary in charge of Treasury, the Director-General (DG) of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), the Commissioner-Gneral of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) are all men. We should come up with proposals to ensure that women are also included in this committee. 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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