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    "id": 297006,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/297006/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "6 Thursday, 21st June, 2012(P) The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to support this petition. Even as we congratulate ourselves as our country, it is important that we take care to make sure that the mistakes that have been made elsewhere in Africa with regard to the discovery of these kinds of resources are not repeated. First, it is important to have a master plan in terms of how we can develop that region as we link it up to the rest of Kenya because a lot of development will be coming up. This will need infrastructure and we will need these people to be supported with other social services so that they are part of Kenya. If we can be thinking about a city like Dubai in Turkana and plan for it and link it to the rest of the country, that would be a great deal of help. Secondly, it is important that we subscribe to the international community with regard to the law of disclosure so that whatever is coming out of these results is quite clear and known and how it is going to be distributed across the central government, regional government and any other company that is prospecting and making money out of it. More importantly, we must remember that it is a national resource and the people who must benefit the most are the people of Turkana. We should, especially use this resource to bridge the gap between the majority of our people and a few well connected individuals who continue to amass wealth at the expense of the majority of the people as they are doing in Rwanda, Nigeria and other places. This oil is a resource for those who are connected politically. We do not want to repeat that mistake in this country. These resources belong to the people and the benefits must be seen with the majority of the people of this country."
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