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    "id": 840616,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/840616/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I plead with you that this Bill should be withdrawn. Let us go back and have a very serious session, clause by clause, because I am not prepared to assent to a Bill that gives unlimited powers to a CS under the current constitutional framework because he or she has no responsibility. The only responsibly he or she has is to the appointing authority and not the people who are in charge of the resources that are emanating like now the oil in Turkana County and other areas of the country. Yes, I support that we need a Bill or legal framework. However, the manner in which it has been drafted is very hurried and will create a lot of problems and insecurity in this country. I once sat in the Kenya Petroleum Refinery (KPR) Board and came to realise that there were share “A” and “B”. Share “A” were the marketers and “B” were the Government. Therefore, we had a very raw deal because they carried the day. We are just about to make the same mistake today. We want to bequeath this to the multinationals who will exploit and also tell us: “Either you play the pipe or ship out.” These are resources where we will be told to ship out. I reluctantly support this with a major shift in the way we want to amend this Bill."
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