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    "id": 788904,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2017 and I second it. First and foremost, allow me to congratulate our Kenyan team. Today, we have won the first gold in the 800 meters race through Wycliffe Kinyamai. Three days ago three of my constituents won number one, two and three, although two of them are operating from a neighbouring country. They won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. The Sabaot live in both Kenya and Uganda and we were separated by the colonialists at the border. This is a very important constitutional Bill. As the Leader of the Majority Party put it, it had gone through various processes in 2016 during the last Parliament and later on it was brought back. Looking at it, it repeals Chapter 308 of the Laws of Kenya on the Petroleum, Exploration and Production. Therefore, all the other laws concerning this Bill are going to be affected. By enacting this Bill, it will become superior and no other Bill will contradict it. I also want to thank my Committee led by our Chair, Hon. Gikaria. We have done public hearings and visited various places like Lokichar, Kalokol, Lodwar in Turkana and we also went to Lamu. It was an experience that was very informative. For the Members’ information, when it comes to petroleum whatever happens at the site of exploration, development and production it is called upstream. When it comes to the pipeline, when pumping the crude oil to the marketing site, that is called midstream and what happens after that on the lower side on selling, marketing and others it is called downstream. With regard to upstream, before the contractor starts work there, he must show intent of expression. The Bill has looked at all these stages in terms of crude oil and gas. Before embarking on exploration, development and production, one shows intent and then signs what they call a production sharing agreement with the Ministry. The production sharing agreement allows the contractor to go to the site to do the exploration. More often, they might do exploration and not find anything."
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