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    "id": 788946,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788946/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mariru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13400,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Kariuki Mariru",
        "slug": "patrick-kariuki-mariru"
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    "content": "through from Norway is that you cannot manage oil in a sustainable and successful manner unless you have a very robust, comprehensive and clear legal infrastructure. It is not just the legal infrastructure, but also institutional infrastructure. Reading through this Bill, I gather that the legal provisions are very clear. The institutional provisions on oil governance in our country are very clear. I just want to point out a few of them. One of them is the whole question of the national upstream petroleum policy and plan. It is important for us to know that we are not going to govern oil exploration without a very clear policy and plan. It is not at the whims of the CS. It should not be at the whims of whomever. Oil in our country must be governed through a very clear national upstream petroleum policy and plan that the CS is obligated, under the Bill, to develop. Also, it is not for the CS responsible to go somewhere and develop a policy and plan. It must be developed through an extremely consultative way and process. Remember, the Constitution is also very clear about how to come up with such a plan and policy. People must be involved, especially those who are affected. Those who are affected are across the entire country. All Kenyans have a direct interest on this issue of oil. So, development of the national upstream petroleum policy and plan must be through a consultative process."
}