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    "id": 549052,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Melly",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12849,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "especially the extension and renewing the whole system will ensure that petroleum products are delivered on time. There will be less spillage and wastage on the line. It will also ensure that our roads will not be destroyed by the heavy petroleum tankers. I want to thank the company and the initiators of this project because one of the serious road destroyers in this country are the oil tankers. It has cost a lot of lives through accidents. I remember a few days ago, the Nairobi County Government decided to divert most of those lorries from the Central Business District (CBD). That has saved time for many road users and reduced traffic jams. I want to say that if that particular pipeline is constructed on time - and given that such companies have international reputation, we expect it to be in use up to 2044. If that is done, then the rate at which our economy will grow will attain what we have been yearning for - the 2 digit growth. I want to point out that if this particular Report is adopted, then our neighbours will benefit a lot, especially Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and even Southern Sudan. Those countries will get those products on time. In the near future, when our commercial production will have reached a good scale after drilling at Ngamia 1 and connecting the pipeline to all the other areas, we are going to make sure that our economy will grow. I want to point out that the other companies that bided for this; the Public Procurement Review Board (PPRB) found out that the tender awarded followed the law. The PPRB and the High Court judgment raised a number of issues and I think they were attended to and it was upheld. Finally, I want to say that our Government has made an intention that in the near future this economy has to move out from agriculture based to more of manufacturing and the only area that is going to assist and ensure that this is going to be attained, is the oil sector. We need to ensure that it is well taken care of, it well protected and we invest more in that particular sector. With those few remarks, I support."
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