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    "id": 902615,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902615/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to join my colleagues in condemning what is happening at Kiboko. It will be remembered that a few years ago, precisely in 2015, there was a similar spillage around Thange River, where people in their thousands were affected by the oil spillage. To date, the clean-up exercise in Thange River is yet to be completed and now Kiboko, which is neighbouring Thange River, is experiencing a similar case. It will also be remembered that this is a new pipeline that has cost the taxpayer Kshs48 billion. A few months into completion and commissioning, we are hearing of leakages. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee to which you will direct this Statement, their first port of call should be Kiboko. Before they even summon anyone to appear before them, they should go and listen to the cries of the people of Kiboko and get first-hand experience of what these people are going through. If it is found that there is culpability on the part of any Government institution regarding this case, I would highly recommend that serious legal action be taken. It cannot be that these people in the same county are suffering from an investment by the KPC and all we do is to set up commissions of inquiry into the problem and never get to the bottom of the matter. I support this Statement and I will be appearing as a friend of that Committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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