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    "id": 2811,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2811/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. M.M. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "(b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, to address the current biting shortage, the following measures have been put in place:- (i) The defect on the LPG pipeline from KPRL to Shimanzi has been repaired, thus facilitating receipt of LPG in the limited storage facilities owned by oil marketing companies. (ii) Oil marketing companies with limited storage tanks at Shimanzi and Changamwe have agreed to arrange joint LPG imports. (iii) KPRL is expected to resume its normal crude oil processing throughput this week and production of LPG is expected to normalize at 100 tonnes daily. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the anticipated commissioning of the second half of 2012 of LPG import handling and storage facility at Miritini, which is at an advanced stage of completion, will be capable of handling LPG ships loads of up to 14,000 metric tonnes. LPG shortage will, therefore, become a thing of the past given that, that facility will be capable of handling more than 300,000 tonnes annually. It will also be expected to handle larger quantities in tandem with the growing demand. Mr. Speaker, Sir, by way of general statement, I would like to inform this august House that, since early 1990, demand for LPG has always exceeded supply. Efforts made since 1994 to promote private sector investment in LPG import handling and storage facility were unsuccessful until 2006 when, through an open tender floated by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Finance including KPRL, an investor was awarded a 30-year concession. That facility, as I have already stated, is at an advanced stage of construction at Miritini Mombasa and is expected to be fully operational by the second quarter of 2012. Thank you."
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