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    "id": 687369,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Mediation Committee. I have a cautionary note which I heard Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o and Sen.Murungi allude to. With respect to extractive industry, globally there is now a movement towards greater transparency and accountability in this area. What has bedeviled those countries that should have otherwise been oil-rich or resource-rich is the lack of accountability and rampant corruption and cartels that are manifest in these areas. I, therefore, commend the work of the Mediation Committee. God has apparently blessed us with massive natural resources and as we move into this new tier of extractive industry, I hope we will have the frameworks necessary to ensure that there is great transparency and actual benefit to our economy. As we move into the oil sector, we should not go the Nigerian way and create a dependency but we diversify our economy so that we can continue to rely on areas of manufacturing, agriculture and other areas that are more durable and sustainable when the oil market crashes. I beg to support."
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