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    "id": 1120810,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120810/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
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    "content": "products into this country in the last two years. What normally happens is this: In every two months, all oil marketers put in their focus demand. Two, is the Ministry of Petroleum. When all of this is added up together, they are invited by the Supply Coordination Desk to bid. There is a standard just like when you go to a bank to borrow a loan, where there is the Central Bank rate. There is something called the Plat rate. Most of these businesses that are now importing petroleum products into this country normally bid Plat plus either $1 or $2 assuming it is $600 to be able to import a barrel. So they say $600 that is the Plat rate which is internationally accepted, then they add $1 on top. What has been happening is that, because of corruption and interest, there is no one who can be able to supply 400 metric tonnes of into this country. It is divided into what they call K1 and K2. In the last two years, the oil marketers who have been importing petroleum are small players. Very small people. This was the ingenuity of the corrupt people in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining to deny the National Oil Corporation (NOC) an opportunity to import oil. The NOC was going out there to negotiate either in Qatar, Libya or Saudi Arabia and they would be able to bring it for a Plat less, maybe even $2 less, which would help this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what is happening right now is that since NOC was denied the opportunity to import any oil, which was guaranteed by Legal Notice 96 that allowed them to reserve 30 percent of all the petroleum imports into this country into NOC. Since it was going to be more accountable than these small businesses and the people in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining would not get an opportunity to get kickbacks, they are making it very difficult such that now these small players are the ones who are importing 100 percent of all the petroleum, which is coming into this country. Sometimes it is very embarrassing because even though you have all this information, the more you ask questions the more you are messing with big people in this country. I hope that our committee will look into this so that we can stop this nonsense where we are destroying this economy. What we need to do is to remember that as leaders we should not be here if we cannot be able to defend the people on the ground. These two fugitives of accountability should know that Article 226(5) of the Constitution of Kenya will go after you. When they look for an opportunity, they will never be elected. Kenyans---"
}