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    "id": 188573,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/188573/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.M. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that there are numerous cases of cancer in Kargi area of Laisamis District where there was oil exploration in the late 1980s. I do, however, take this opportunity to express my sympathies to the people of Laisamis for the unfortunate occurrence of cancer cases in Kargi area, if any, at all. My Ministry finds it difficult to establish the link between oil exploration and the occurrence of the stated numerous cancer cases in Kargi area of Laisamis District. I am saying so because our own geological experts are in constant and regular contact with drilling substances and preserved rock material and fluid samples which were collected from the various oil exploration wells in the country, including the Kargi area as well. (b) Bearing in mind the exploration I have just given, in order for anyone to know if there is any connection between oil exploration and cancer cases in Kargi, it requires medical experts to carry out extensive research work. We all humbly appreciate the fact that such medical research work, unfortunately, is not one of the dockets which fall within the core functions of my Ministry."
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