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    "id": 189807,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/189807/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Energy. In the Statement, the Minister should clearly explain the following:- (a) What is the status of the programme to upgrade the Kenya Petroleum Refineries in Mombasa as recommended by the Foster Wheeler Report of 2004? (b) What is the justification for the escalation of the projected upgrade budget from the initial US$322 million or Kshs20 billion to the current US$430 million or Kshs28 billion especially in view of the fact that, Esal Company of India has made an offer of US$400 million or Kshs26 billion? (c) How did the said Esal Company of India and Oil Libya of Libya come into the upgrade picture? Is it true that plans are afoot to have those two favoured foreign firms irregularly share out that lucrative venture to the detriment of the Kenyan taxpayer? (d) Is it true that the said upgrade programme has become hostage of wheeler-dealing within the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Finance, respectively, which has resulted in a litany of irregularities that include a unilateral decision to ignore a competitive process of selecting the upgrade partner, which process was to be managed by Stanchart PLC of the UK? (e) What became of the Kshs1 billion which was allocated to the upgrade programme by the Treasury in the 2007/2008 Fiscal Year? Finally, has the Government paid Stanchart PLC any public funds for their consultancy services that have been largely ignored in this process?"
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