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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Ochieng talked about filling his car with diesel, and not supper petrol. I said that there has not been any crisis regarding diesel in this country. We have sufficient diesel in Nairobi and elsewhere. Yesterday, I was with the oil marketers, and they confirmed that there is sufficient diesel. This morning, I was with the management of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), and nobody talked about shortage of diesel. They talked about super petrol. So, I want to confirm that there is sufficient diesel in the country and, therefore, there is no cause for panic. Regarding the ERC report, I undertake to table it in this House once the investigations are complete. Regarding hon. Mbadi’s clarification, it is true that the ullage committee is chaired by my Ministry, but its membership comes from the industry players. We look at the market share of each industry player as well as their throughputs – how much they have been putting through the system in the past. It is on that basis that they are allocated space in the pipeline system. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we reserve some ullage for those companies which win tenders to supply fuel for emergency electricity generation in both this country and in neighbouring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. So, if a small company wins such a tender, it is allocated sufficient ullage just to meet the requirements of electricity generation. A small company can also win the industry tender because we go by price. The company that offers to import at the lowest price is the one which is awarded the tender. Some small companies have won the industry tender. Once you win the industry tender, obviously, those considerations come into play. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the motive for asking this question has come out clearly. Mr. Mbadi has always wanted me to get out of the Ministry for his own reasons. I want to tell him that I am not getting out of the Ministry. He never appointed me, and he has no right to remove me."
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