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    "id": 840575,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "What does that tell us? It tells us that the amount of interest in matters oil are bigger than us, as a country, and if not properly handled, it can lead us to extreme difficulty. The people who have an interest in the oil business are sharks. If we, as legislators, do not protect the very people that have put us into office, we shall be doing ourselves a great disservice. We shall not be fair before God and the people who voted for us. If you want to have an understanding of the thinking that led Ministry officials into agreeing on some of the proposals that they are making before us, as a Committee, among the amendments that we have proposed, is that we need to amend Clause 22 to read: “The Authority that is being set up, where exploration activity involves drilling or an activity that is likely to alter the land on which exploration activity is being undertaken, requires an application to submit an environmental impact assessment.” They could not even think about the environment and that tells you how much vendor-driven this Bill is. If we are not careful and do not give enough thought to it, we shall have sold our country. Finally, previously I was opposed to the idea of counties sending money to the Council of Governors (CoG). I thought that county governments were siphoning money, but the kind of presentation that I saw from CoG was shallow and minute, in comparison with the presenters that came from Kenya oil and gas experts. It tells us that we need to allow the CoG to have money to hire researchers, who will work for them, on behalf of the people of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those very many remarks, I give my conditional support."
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