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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I know my dear sister, Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire, will do due diligence on behalf of the Committee in reply. I want to explain the Bill and what it is all about. The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill has sections which were brought from the Energy Bill, which is very unfortunate. We will have an opportunity in the Committee of the whole House to bring amendments. Part V of the Energy Bill was moved to the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill. It is unfortunate that Members did not look at Part V of the Energy Bill to contribute effectively to the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill. This is a very progressive Bill. It brings so much for us to address. I want to tell Kenyans that it is not easy to have oil and explore it, as people might think. There are discoveries of oil blocks. We encourage Kenyans to come together and get financiers to give them money to go into oil exploration. I know that it is a very expensive venture. However, we cannot leave this country to foreign companies which walk into the country, explore all our minerals, particularly petroleum, while Kenyans sit and wait to earn from the shared revenue. It is important for Kenyans to think seriously on how they can get some financial assistance locally or abroad, so that they can be licensed as contractors and go into these oil blocks. As a Government, one of our agencies is the National Oil Corporation which is also exploring oil in one of the blocks. It is an advantage to the country. Most of the other jurisdictions which have excelled in petroleum production have oil corporations which explore oil like other players. Those countries have really progressed because they have a corporation that is doing the same business. So, we want to encourage Kenyans to do as much as they can and understand the petroleum industry. People do not know what upstream petroleum operation is. It is exploration and production of crude oil. Midstream petroleum operation is about refineries and transportation of the product at the pipeline. Downstream petroleum operation is about the marketing or selling of the products. I want to say that exploration and discovery of oil in this country will go a long way. It is not only about the petroleum products, but we can also get fertilisers, start plastic production in this country and so many other businesses from the by-products. We were in Lamu and the Deputy Chair can attest to this. Most of the ships will not be using fuel to move. They will be using something else that will come out of the production of some gas. In 1971, this country did the first oil exploration in Pate Island, Lamu. We were very surprised that the rig is still there. It is a monumental. The people in charge of the national 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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