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    "id": 139330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/139330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keter",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 169,
        "legal_name": "Charles Cheruiyot Keter",
        "slug": "charles-keter"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue that Eng. Rege raised, concerning the Kshs450 million for the development of National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) Headquarters that it should be reduced and subsequently channeled to the Rural Electrification Authority, I want to say that, as a Ministry, we are paying rent. NOCK pays rent. The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) pays rent. Kentraco, the new company, pays rent. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) pays rent and ourselves, as a Ministry, pay rent. Therefore, we thought, as a Ministry that, if we can set aside some resources so that we can build headquarters for the Ministry of Energy and all the companies that I have mentioned, we can save a lot. Therefore, the Kshs450 million was coming from the exploration company, Winside Energy in Lamu. An addition Kshs150 million was to be raised through the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL), adding up to about Kshs600 million. We had requested for about Kshs700 million from the Exchequer, but we got nil. Therefore, we thought that with the Kshs600 million, we can start off."
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