Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 595316,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/595316/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 318,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": "My deputy spoke a lot on the Bill, which was seconded by our able Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information. I can see that the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee, Hon. Jamleck and many of his Members are present. This is a very important Bill. Contractors are obligated to pay all relevant fees and levies as may be prescribed in the petroleum agreement. This is an area where countries raise a lot of revenue. The resources belong to the people, but the royalties belong to the national Government. The levies will help in developing infrastructure of the respective regions from which oil exploration and production activities will take place. There is coal mining in Kitui County. By now, as I drive through that county, I should see the benefits of that activity. You cannot have resources in communities and still expect poverty to exist in those communities. We, first, want the resources to uplift the communities. I want to urge my colleagues that we must speak for our people. The Leader of the Minority Party is thanking me. He should go back to Kitui County, where he comes from, and make sure that the people there benefit from the coal mining. He is sitting with one of the Members of Parliament who have been agitating for the people, Hon. Mutambu. He is a serious guy. In this Bill, we will create something called “sovereign wealth fund” that is supposed to provide endowment to support development for the benefit of future generations in the spirit of Article 69 of the Constitution. That is why the framers of the Constitution introduced Article 69 in the Constitution – so that the whole petroleum sector and its development and operations can be taken care of. The Bill requires all contractors to comply with the environment, health, safety and maritime laws in upstream petroleum mining. I watched what happened in North Horr. Hon. Chachu left the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) with me in 2009. He joined in the formation of the United Republican Party (URP). Just before the 2013 election, the Jubilee bus left him but I am now sure that the people of North Horr and Hon. Chachu are with the Jubilee Coalition."
}