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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "national Government. Midstream and downstream, you can find some responsibilities being given to the county government. If you are running oil operations which are worth billions of dollars and you tell the County Government of Uasin Gishu that you can issue licences to petrol stations, what are you saying? This is what we are trying to say in this Bill, that the operations that matter, you do not involve communities and the county governments. The county governments must be involved from the beginning; upstream, midstream and downstream. Then, we will be talking serious business. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also think - and I must say that we were discussing it with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. - that to have a model contract in the legislation, it means that the Cabinet Secretary has everything for seeking rent. This is because he will say: “You know, I have got the contract here. It has been drafted; we will just put your name and address.” This is what happened even on the issues of land in Bomet, Kericho and Nandi. Power was given to the governor and Commissioner of Lands. We are trying to do the same thing. We have made it possible for the Cabinet Secretary to seek rent. I am not saying that all Cabinet Secretaries would seek rent, but there is a good template here, in this Bill. From the beginning to the end, we will have Cabinet Secretaries, like the Ministers in Nigeria, who when a new government comes into office, they obviously end up in jail. This is because they had so much power and resources and the attraction is so high because the decisions start and stop with them. Even for the protection of Cabinet Secretaries, we must make sure that these powers are diluted and the people have a proper role in this matter. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had quite a bit to say, but I do not want to deny other Members a chance of saying whatever they want to say."
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