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    "id": 686644,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. There seems to be very little interest in this very important Bill. Kenya has just begun to produce a sensible amount of oil. Beginning next month, we shall be having exports even though it is going to be transported by road. This means that we are on the way to become the Saudi Arabia of Africa in few years to come. It is important we pass this Mediated Version of the Petroleum Bill to ensure Kenya will not go the Nigerian way because the country is not able to manage oil affairs. I am going to be very brief because I sit in the subcommittee that mediated this version. It was give and take. The two issues that have been mentioned by the Chairman when he was moving were the issue of the KEPSA being interested parties with conflict of interest in the Committee--- This is really not a problem because their vote is only one among very many. Therefore, it is only prudent that we give them an opportunity to represent the KEPSA so that we do not have policies that are passed without their knowledge and policies that normally affect them. An operator is a person who normally deals with the activities of selling oil or ensuring that it is distributed and marketed. An operator comes after the contractors who have explored the oil have finished their job. This being a business aspect, we felt that there was no need to involve the CS in the contractor’s choice of an operator since he has a mandate under the law to salvage the situation at some point if it goes the wrong way which is not in the interest of the common mwananchi. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Clause 49 deals with the number of years that one can be imprisoned and the money that is supposed to be set for fines. We found it a bit punitive for one to lose Kshs10 million as a fine and at the same time spend ten years in jail for the same crime. We felt there was need to take the money and have a person like that spend few years in jail which has been reduced to two years. It is reasonable because they can be able to go back and continue to do the same business but this time as reformed people. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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