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    "id": 1439847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am sorry last week we were not able to read the response to the request for Statement. I thank you for giving us an opportunity to do that. The response is as follows: The Ministry is aware that in the 1980s and early 1990s, the Government embarked on oil exploration activities in the northern region of Kenya, namely, parts of the present Wajir and Marsabit counties. Findings of the exploration indicated that there were no oil deposits of economic viability to justify further drilling activities. Thereafter, the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) required the oil exploration companies to de-commission their activities after closure of their drilling exercises. At the time of exploration, there was no legal framework to support the environmental impact assessment report and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment was conducted. The Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) came into being in 2000. In January 2004, media reports emerged about possible water poisoning in north-eastern Kenya when the Daily Nation newspaper published the death of over 7,000 livestock, which had died after drinking water from a borehole in the Kargi area of Marsabit County. The committee that had 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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