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    "id": 1006642,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "At the Ministry of Energy, there is Loiyangalani-Suswa Project where deemed energy has to be paid for. That is power which was generated but was not used. It did not reach the customers because the long line from Loiyangalani to Naivaisha was not complete. Therefore, there is a last cost towards that. The relevant Departmental Committee has assured us that there will be no other payment towards deemed energy at the Ministry of Energy and this last payment of Ksh1,160,000,000 is towards that particular item. Again, this is money that has already been paid and we are requesting this House to approve because today is 30th June 2020. The Committee has further confirmed to us that there will be an audit which will be undertaken at the Ministry of Energy on that deemed energy so that we establish whether it is in accordance with the law to ensure that we have not overpaid that particular project, that is, Lake Turkana Wind Power Project. Even in the event that we shall have overpaid, there is continued business between Kenya Power and Lightning Company (KPLC), the Ministry of Energy and the Lake Turkana Wind Power Company, and of course, it will be possible to recover. Other small amendments to this Report include money which is being reallocated within the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. They are moving it from a vote which they were not able to spend it on by today, to a very simple item which is very quick to implement, that is, purchase of vehicles. To buy a vehicle can be a one-day transaction especially when you have confirmed rates with the various suppliers of motor vehicles. So, it is part of that which we are requesting this House to approve. Hon. Deputy Speaker, like you said, I do not need to belabour the point. This Report had been debated last week. It is only contributing towards the extent of these amendments. With those remarks, as I move, I want to request Hon. John Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, to second. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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