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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I must say that this Bill is very timely. As a country, from the time we had oil discovered in Turkana County, we should be now utilizing the products from those wells. Unfortunately, the lack of laws to regulate issues surrounding utilization of petroleum which has been discovered, has led to delay. This is a very comprehensive Bill which stipulates that it mainly deals with upstream petroleum. Petroleum has three sectors, the upstream, the midstream and the downstream. This particular Bill specifically relates to upstream, which basically means it regulates how we can bring the crude oil below the surface to the surface and probably drill and operate the wells. The rest of the issues like midstream and downstream is dealt with by the Energy Bill which we debated yesterday. I thank the committee for doing a comprehensive job. Most of the areas which are assumed to be having petroleum reserves lie in areas which were previously categorized as marginalized area. Of course, we no longer talk of marginalization after the current Constitution came into force, because we now get our fair share from the national Government. There were a lot of fears and hopes. We suspect we have unexploited petroleum reserve in my county. But in as much as we would like these reserves to be explored, there have been fears that anywhere in Africa where oil has been discovered, it has turned out to be a curse rather than a blessing. Instead of generating wealth and improving the wellbeing of the local communities, it has turned out to be something which makes their lives to be worse. I am confident that wherever we are going to have petroleum explored in this country, we shall generate good income, improve our collective well-being and ensure that local communities have their fair share. I like the way local community is defined. At times in as much as we assume local communities are homogenous and they have no local interest, at times we realise that if we do not define what local community 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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