{"id":617720,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/617720/?format=json","text_counter":170,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":131,"legal_name":"Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa","slug":"wilber-ottichilo"},"content":"Hon. Speaker, some of the resources that need real authority of this House for ratification before exploitation are like crude oil and natural gas. This country has a lot of crude oil and natural gas. Therefore, any exploitation on these resources requires ratification of this House and so are minerals. I thank the Government for having set up a Ministry for Mining because this country has many minerals. Some of these minerals have high value of over US$500 million if extracted. For this extraction to take place, this House needs to give a go ahead. That is something that this House must take into consideration."}