Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1169085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1169085/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 76,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
    },
    "content": "indicating that while we have oil in Turkana, we cannot refine it because the quantities do not allow. I can confirm that the quantities in Turkana are enough to allow for refining of the product in Kenya. Kenya can refine 120,000 barrels of oil everyday, which would make it be able to meet the consumption of members of the East African Community(EAC). This would make Kenya and EAC self-reliant on fuel and stop the importation of refined fuel and all the by products that come from refined fuel such as fertilizers. Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to mention the process of tendering for the importation of the fuel consumed in Kenya. The Petroleum Act 2019 states that open tendering system means the mode of procurement of petroleum product in Kenya where by, the lowest bidder of any given product is allowed to import on behalf of all other oil marketing companies. This, however, is not what is happening during the open tendering system. What happens is that the person who bids the lowest on freight and premium on any given products is the one who is given the tender to import. Premium is defined as the profit which the company importing the petroleum product gets. How does a Ministry make a determination on who gets the tender based on how much profit the company intends to make? I have documentation that shows that at no time does the company indicate how much they bought the product and who they bought from. For anyone doing oversight, no one is able to verify the landed cost because it is shrouded in secrecy. Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope that this is a matter that will be discussed in detail. There is need for the Government to address the mismanagement of the petroleum sector, immediately, in order to address the suffering faced by citizens in view of the escalating cost of fuel. I hope that even when we are going on recess, Sine Die, it does not mean that Parliament has been dissolved and the Committee can continue working on this matter because Kenyans are expecting us to come here and fight for them to lower their cost of living. If the prices of petroleum products are going up on a daily basis, and our salaries and those of mama mbogas are not going up, how else are we going to expect to live in a good country? Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for being magnanimous and allowing me to make additional comments on this matter. I hope that future governments that are coming---"
}