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    "id": 788948,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788948/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mariru",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Kariuki Mariru",
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    "content": "put communities against each other or regions vis-a-vis another. We must put the Government at the centre of oil governance in our country, as well as it being the regulator. If we do not do that, we will be saying it is this region versus that, this community versus this community and this county versus another. We will never agree. We must let the Government to be at the centre. Then, the Government must commit, when Parliament is there and whoever else, to transparency and accountability on how oil governance is done and how the money gotten from oil is applied for economic growth. Hon. Speaker, another issue that I think is critical in this Bill is that we must not combine contractors. Those who apply for licensing for upstream exploration should not be the ones involved in the downstream operations. That is to say that those who exploit oil should not be given licences to distribute the end product to homesteads. It is to ensure smooth operations and accountability at the two levels. In fact, three levels: the upstream exploration, midstream exploration and downstream exploration must be separated so that we have different contractors at each level. There is a check and balance that comes with separation. If it is one contractor doing upstream exploration, midstream exploration and downstream exploration, we will have collusion. We will have issues around that. To conclude and very important is that any information that is got by the contractor on geology and other information around those blocks must not belong to those contactors. It must be made public and must belong to Government. I support."
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