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    "id": 297007,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/297007/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 49,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kinyanjui",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 48,
        "legal_name": "Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to participate in this petition brought by the hon. Member. At the outset, I want to say that as a country, it is a great honour and opportunity for us not only to improve the well being of our people but more so, to improve areas that have for a long time been largely marginalized. But it is important to remember that in areas in Africa where we have had oil, including in countries like Nigeria, the cost of petroleum in Nigeria is higher than in countries that do not produce oil like Kenya. Therefore, the discovery of this resource must be properly harnessed to ensure that it benefits the actual people who are sitting on this land. Secondly, agreements between the Government of Kenya and the people who are exploiting this resource and, in particular, Turkana and many other places, this has to be clearly made because we know every time we have a great resource like this, it may end up coming into this country but only benefitting very few people. It belongs to Kenya and the people of Kenya must sufficiently benefit from it. Lastly, the discovery of oil in that section of the country together with Uganda and Southern Sudan would mean that in Kenya, we have enough oil for us to have a refinery around Eldoret or that general area, so that we can refine. Therefore, as we explore this, let us also look at how we can do value addition so that we are not just supplying crude oil to the rest of Africa."
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