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    "id": 296987,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/296987/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise under the same Standing Order to issue a public petition to the Government of the Republic of Kenya by the citizens of Kenya residing in Turkana County on the recent oil discovery in the said county. We the undersigned being citizens of Kenya and residents of Turkana County within the Republic of Kenya, draw the attention of the Government of Kenya through this august House to the following:- (i) The announcement of 26th March, 2012 by the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, that mineral oil deposits had been discovered within Ngamia 1, Block 10 BB area within Turkana County and the subsequent revelations that some companies among them Turkana Energy Incorporated, Turkana Drilling Company, African Oil and others had been granted prospecting licences over Ngamia 1 and, indeed, other oil blocks within Turkana County. Some of these companies had reportedly sold or transferred those licences to other companies thereby making huge amounts of money in the process. (ii) The emerging reports that the Government of Kenya had signed petroleum agreement with some local and/or international oil companies in respect of the same"
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