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    "id": 1242353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
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    "content": "I worked closely with Sen. Lomenen in 20 13, 2014, and 2015 when I was the CS in the same Ministry. I am sure that he agrees that there is need for significant corporate investments in the community, in the county, and more importantly, the country by those who leverage on our resources. We did several programmes. We intend to continue pursuing that to ensure that we are socially conscious so that we do significant investments. We should seek to see a percentage of the revenue is dedicated to a foundation. Section 58 of the law expects county government to legislate and able manage the social investment programmes to ensure that it benefits everybody within the community. We will pay attention and continue to work on that. I thank Sen. Chute, the Senator for Marsabit County, for visiting my office. As I said, yes, it took so long to get the 240,000 barrels to the market. We could not transport the crude oil using a bridge because it was not there. The axle load could not take the weight. It could have easily collapsed. The product has come out. We will have to come to this House and ask for a budget to build a bridge. The objective of the early oil project scheme was to test whether the facilities in the country could support the export of this product. We will come to this House with a field development plan. We will comprehensively talk about preparedness to go to the market either through a refinery or a pipeline so that the daily production gets to the market the same day. There will be no tankage because it is one thing to build a pipeline and expect it to work for us every day. So, the product should work for us every day. The tankage would be held in Mombasa. As soon as it is enough to go on a cargo of 80, 85 or 120,000 metric tonnes, it will leave for the market immediately. So, when we come back to this House with a field development plan, we will show you a roadmap that will say that we will reach an investment decision within one year and develop the infrastructure to market in three years. All the logistics will be approved by this House. When we start production, the product will be going to the market every day, subject to filling a ship or cargo in Mombasa that can leave every so often. Hon. Members, I do not expect that we will sit as a Ministry and take to the market 240,000 barrels in four years. That should be a product that goes to the market every four days. I do not know whether I need to go to the question from Sen. (Dr.) Murango regarding power. However, we are paying attention to that. I have been to the National Assembly and we are working. I have got a schedule of all public institutions in every county, constituency and the status of the provision of power. I have asked hon. Members, in a short while, to audit those reports that I have in my Ministry to confirm the status of power provisioning so that the records held in the Ministry and by hon. Members are in sync."
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