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    "id": 840574,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have so much to say about this particular Bill, but with the short time, I will try and address myself to four key issues that I consider extremely important. I sat through the presentations by various energy and oil sector players that appeared before our Committee and four things really pricked my conscience. Reading through the Report that came from our Committee, I must say from the outset that unless we do proper amendments to this particular Bill, it will be extremely difficult for my conscience to allow me to vote in support of it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will share with you a very short story once shared by a journalist who was present at the agreement signing ceremony, when Kenya and Uganda were supposed to sign the ill-fated petroleum channel that later aborted. One of the oil giants in this region got so worked up that we were doing that channel between Kenya and Uganda that they left in a huff and said: “After all, it does not matter because in the business of oil the Presidents of Kenya and Uganda are small boys.” That journalist doubted them, but true to their prediction, that exercise has never taken off. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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