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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Two Bills were brought to my committee, that is, the Energy Bill and the Petroleum Bill. I want to thank the committee members most sincerely for the dedication that they have given to these very critical Bills. These were constitutional Bills as indicated by the Leader of the Majority Party. They went through a process and found their way back to Parliament after they lapsed in the last one. We would like to ask the Senate be patriotic once this Bill goes to them. Most of the Senators are on transit. They either want to be governors or are seeking bigger seats. They normally do not debate most of the Bills for posterity; they do it with the intention of being a governor in the next term. They therefore do not give the Bills the seriousness they require. We ask them not to take too long when these Bills land before them so that we can present them for Presidential assent. This is the most progressive Bill that has been brought to this House in this 12th Parliament. First, as indicated by Hon. Duale, is the aspect of the tribunal; any player in the industry—whether a licensee, a contractor, a governor, a consumer—will have an opportunity of taking his or her grievances to the tribunal. It has already been indicated how they will be handling cases that will be brought before them. Because we were faced with two regulatory commissions, one in the Petroleum Bill as an authority and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as a committee, we have decided to bring the advisory committee and the commission together. Within the commission, we can have divisions to address upstream, midstream and downstream in matters of petroleum and another division can address energy issues. I think that will go a long way in addressing the runaway wage bill and expenses that this government normally incurs by having so many commissions duplicating the same roles and responsibilities. This Bill has actually addressed that aspect. On matters of compensation, assuming anybody will be walking into your land, there will be compensation both for the land usage for any infrastructure, be it on energy or petroleum. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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