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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": " Thank you, Senate Majority Leader, for raising what is very important for this country and for the world at large. To picture our country as a green renewable energy country, there will shortly be premium on green steel and green everything in terms of manufacturing, because it supports and addresses the challenges, which mitigation on climate change would otherwise be so expensive. We have the very irregular rainfall patterns. For example, it is very warm today, when it should be the coldest time of the year, causing difficult patterns on how we do our farming. That commitment of 100 per cent renewable energy country by 2030 has been made at all levels. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir and hon. Members, as you are aware, we are today at 93 per cent in terms of renewable energy. The seven per cent is the power that we get out of heavy fuel for picking. We do not have a coal plant and any fossil fuel except for picking in the evening when there is a certain surge of power demand, when industries are working, and we light our homes. That is only for four hours. However, for the rest of the hours in the day, we run renewable energy, except for what I said, we need to expire some of the diesel generations in the coast region. However, as mentioned by Sen."
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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": "Cheruiyot, the expiring Power Purchase Agreement (PPAs) on the diesel generators are not being renewed. We have made that commitment. For every expiry of a PPA and their role coming to an end, we are coming in with renewable energy. We have just been pushing to commission some 70 megawatts out of Menengai sometime next year, and another 58 megawatts out of Wellhead generation from Olkaria. Therefore, our walk towards achieving 100 per cent, albeit with the challenges, we are going to walk that journey."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. Faki and Sen. Githuku, if you must consult, please, do so in low tones for the Cabinet Secretary to be heard in silence."
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"content": " Hon. Members, the Kenya Kwanza Government plan recognizes one powerful statement, that we are going to accelerate the geothermal development in Kenya, which is one of our very good baseloads. What we are doing to that end, today we have very significant programmes in Suswa to open up Suswa and generate geothermal power to Suswa. We have about 80 megawatts out of Paka, which is in Tiaty. We are building a line from Loosuk to Lessos to pull out that power and generate power out of that area. We are working at Paka to open up that area. We have drilled the first well. It is heating up. There is so much activity in the geothermal development to support us, because geothermal is a very good baseload in terms of generating power all the time and availability. We gave concessions to some of the private developers, like the Senate Majority Leader mentioned. Concession comes with work programs. We are reviewing those work programmes, which have been attached to the concessions which were given to those private sector players. If they are not meeting the work programmes as signed in the concession, we should have those geothermal fields reverted to Government. However, we are working very closely to ensure that we achieve that target of 100 per cent renewable energy. Regarding the Narok-Bomet line, I just whispered and confirmed from Dr. Mativo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) that we have already advertised the tender. You may not have seen it in the papers, but a number of restricted vendors of six companies were approved. They were given advance approval by Africa Development Bank (ADB). The six bidders are currently responding to those bids. It is closing in another two or three weeks. We will award, and instead of building that line in the traditional 24 months, we are going to build it in 12 months. I am told we have a commitment to deliver that line by 1st June, 2025. So, we are working around the clock to make sure that happens. In the meantime, to address that challenge, hon. Members, there was a contractor who passed on, who was doing a line from Sondu-Homa Bay-Awendo. We have brought"
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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": "in another contractor who is on site today to take power to Awendo through Homa Bay and load the Chemosit route. We are also addressing the load-shedding through managing the overloads to ensure that we do not have that challenge. Dr. Siror is doing a bay out of Lessos to take power straight to Muhoroni so that we do not go through Kibos in Kisumu to again de- load Kisumu-Muhoroni. There is a lot that we are doing to reduce the challenge in Bomet- Kericho-Kisii- Awendo transmission line so that we do not see the kind of load- shedding. Load- shedding is not a solution. We need to de-load those lines and remove those constraints and ensure our industries, hospitals and homes are lit. Hon. Members, there is a commitment from the CEO, who is sitting here with me, Dr. Mativo, that we will deliver the line by 1st June, 2025. Thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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"content": " Thank you, hon. Cabinet Secretary. Sen. Shakila Abdalla, proceed."
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