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    "id": 627593,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/627593/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2940,
        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
        "slug": "james-lomenen-ekomwa"
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    "content": "Sometimes back, we did not know that we had oil under the land. We did not know that there is water under the land. This Bill has come at the right time. We want it to protect people who have been persistent and patient in taking care of their land. If there are people who have already used their land, let them go by ladders heavenwards as we go horizontally to make use of our land. Let it be clear that whatever oil, water or gold we have, if the Government wants to make use of the resources, it should come, we should sit down as a community and agree on the best way to do this. We should agree on the royalties and benefits and whether the Government can compensate us before it gets its oil. Let it be clear that the oil that the people are mentioning are the remains of our ancestors. It is the remains of our animals and our fathers. So, we have to enjoy it because it is our remains that made the oil. Let it be so clear to anyone. When you were making use of potatoes or sugar, the remains of our ancestors were decomposing making oil. So, there is no way we can be short-changed from the remains of our fathers and ancestors."
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