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    "id": 838656,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/838656/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.225(2) (b) requires that the Speaker reports to the House any petition other than those presented through a Member. I, therefore, wish to convey to the House that my office has received a Petition signed by Messrs. Pius Omollo and Mr. Agoi Vedell on behalf of oil marketers in the country regarding licensing of oil marketing companies by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The Petitioners aver that for the past years, ERC has been licensing oil marketing companies prior to engaging in the business of supplying fuel and it has emerged that unlicensed and illegal agents have stormed oil markets occasioning distortion of market prices and massive losses. The Petitioners further aver that oil marketing companies have incurred massive losses due to the fact that the local oil marketers have invested in infrastructure and the pricing of the jet fuels is based on open tender system as stipulated in the law. The Petitioners, therefore, pray that the National Assembly investigates the massive influx of illegal oil marketers in the country with a view to eliminate them or cause them to be licensed in order to operate lawfully. This Petition, therefore, stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Energy for consideration. The Committee is requested to consider the Petition and report its findings to the House and the Petitioners in accordance with Standing Order No.227 (2). In the same vein, Hon. Members, there was to be presented to the House a Petition by Hon. Mulyungi, Member for Mwingi Central. I have, however, received information that the Hon. Member is indisposed and, therefore, is not available to present his Petition which he can do either tomorrow or on Thursday."
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