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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Hon. Members, regarding our plans for Wajir County to be supported through the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP), we have received funding from a retiring Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) from Poland, which we are pitching for. We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for that fund of US$200 million to come to Kenya to support the development of areas like Wajir. We are ready as Kenya and have submitted that document to the other side. We should be signing before the end of April to draw that funding. A lot of that fund will support the off-grid systems but mostly we are looking at how to connect Garissa on the grid to Wajir. There is also a programme of hybridization where Wajir is currently being served 100 per cent by diesel generators. We are putting in a solar plant which can run during the day and if there is intermittence, the batteries will be there to support it. The diesel engine can only come on if the solar is challenged when the batteries are not running well enough. We are doing similar projects in seven counties. One which we have commissioned, and the President participated in the commissioning is Wasini in Lunga"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Lunga, where we have the solar plant. If the solar is not there, the batteries can run for three days. The diesel engine only comes on when the batteries go down. We are evaluating for counties like Turkana whether we should move on-grid from Lokichar to Turkana or do an off-grid, which is fairly solid and where a solar or wind plant can run and because of intermittence, the battery system can support for three days. Otherwise, a diesel generator can come. This is in line with Kenya's commitment to 2030 100 per cent green energy. Therefore, by 2030, we need to switch off all diesel engines. We should see some of the pronouncements I am making coming to fruition in 2026, 2027 and 2028. We will continue to work together, but this hybrid system of solar and diesel systems that should run all the time and is supported by batteries. This will remove some of the intermittence that we see today. Therefore, with the battery being a good form of storage for power, we should be able to--- but again, Sen. Chute and Sen. Abass, you have been to my office a few times. We can look at the details of these programmes for those off-grid areas and what we are doing together to support our country."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Cabinet Secretary. Proceed, Sen. Ogola."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My question is on a statement that I made last year in May to the Ministry, but relevant to the question today on faulty transformers. In my question, I had asked that the Ministry list a number of faulty transformers in Homa Bay County and provide timelines within which the transformers would be replaced. Precisely, the response came in time in the same month from the Ministry, which I appreciate so much. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the response, the Cabinet Secretary had given a list of transformers, 84 in number that were faulty, and went ahead to give two lists. One list has 21 transformers that would be replaced by the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), by the 31st July, 2023, and another list was given of 63 faulty transformers that would be replaced by Kenya Power Company by 31st July, 2023. My question to the Cabinet Secretary is, is he aware that the commitment that was made by the Ministry to my response has not been honoured? I would like to know why and when that would be honoured?"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": " Hon. Cabinet Secretary, could you respond to the question."
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir and Sen. Ogola for that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me, because this is a very detailed question of 21 transformers with REREC and 63 with Kenya Power. Kenya Power is here with me through the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Siror."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Sometimes, we say the challenge in Bomet is the transit to Homa Bay, because most of the power that comes to that region comes through Bomet, Kisii, through Kegati, Homa Bay, Awendo. It is not only a transformer challenge that we are facing in that region, it is compounded by the transmission constraint. Therefore, with the power outage, transformer challenge and the load shedding that I talked about earlier on, impacts that area heavily. I want to beg to be allowed, with the Kenya Power CEO who is sitting here, REREC gave an apology, through Dr. Rose Mukalama, the CEO for REREC who was supposed to be here with us, but she is attending to something outside Nairobi today. Therefore, to address this issue of 21 and 63 transformers, like I said, we are in a procurement cycle of so many transformers. If Kenya Power was to stand and respond on my behalf, they will say, as soon as these transformers are delivered, we will address a number of transformers not only in Homa Bay but in the country in terms of replacement. However, we really need some public awareness and support in terms of the abuse that goes to the transformers. We can bring in a new transformer today but as we take power to the the rural areas and because we have our Technical Training Institutions (TTIs) and we have trained our people, they have learnt to sometimes do illegal connections, which are not dimensioned and they overdraw power from the transformer. You can burn the coil and therefore lose a transformer. A transformer today runs for anything up to Kshs1 million to Kshs2 million depending on the kilowatt rating. The important thing is to ensure that customers are legitimately connected to the transformer and they are paying their bills. So that, they do not take shortcuts and burn a transformer then blame the quality of the transformer and yet it is our culture of wanting to use free power for that purpose. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow us, Sen. Beatrice, to respond substantively. Possibly, because there is a specific question impacting on Homa Bay, to deal with you directly to address what we promised. Like I said, there is a transformer procurement cycle which is just closed. How much can Kenya Power pick up? I am sure of the 63, some have been addressed. However, any that has not been addressed not only for Homa Bay but for the whole country, allow us to address that and respond more specifically to the question of the 21 transformers for REREC and 63 for Kenya Power. I thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Cabinet Secretary. Proceed, Sen. Abdul Haji."
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