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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my Question to the Cabinet Secretary is that there has been a power outage in Lamu for the last 10 months. This is due to the pylon, which was attacked, and it is causing many economic losses. Our health facilities are affected. Our dialysis machines and many other machines are damaged. Our fishing industry is very much affected. Our security is also affected. Could the Cabinet Secretary tell us when this pylon will be repaired, because It has taken 10 months and we have been suffering? We have written to the Directors and done a lot, but nothing has been done so far. Maybe the Cabinet Secretary can give us the answer today. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you may respond to the question. As you prepare to respond to that, let me allow Sen. Wamatinga to ask a supplementary question, so that both of them can be answered together."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Let me also kick it off by thanking the Cabinet Secretary for ably taking leadership in making very hard decisions, especially to bring innovative solutions to the power problem that has been a challenge in Kenya. Having noted that, yesterday, I was with the Head of the State, His Excellency the President. We noted that the students in polytechnics are very good, especially in modern technology. One of the students did a very nice presentation of a digital vandalism protection mechanism for the transformers. Having said that, Cabinet Secretary, now that we are moving into a higher demand for electricity and we know that we have to move to smart meters, is there any intention from the Government to ensure that we get local partners, especially institutions of higher learning who can train assemblers and manufacturers of these components that"
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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": "can be made in Kenya? This is so that we save on foreign exchange and most importantly, transfer the technology and also ensure that they can be readily available. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lastly, I commend the fact that renewable energy is very important in Kenya. However, as the Senate Majority Leader asked, if the Cabinet Secretary aware that there are people who are supposed to join the grid in 2026 and nothing has been done, we run the risk of having demand but no supply."
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"content": " Hon. Cabinet Secretary, respond to the two questions now, the earlier one by Sen. Shakila Abdala and the other by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy, Sen. Wamatinga."
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"content": " Let me take the challenge from the Senator of Lamu County, that was caused by some double tragedy, that is, the El Nino, that caused flooding and brought down some of our poles, but more importantly and not very loudly, three of our towers that were brought down. You know the towers that were hit. Luckily, we had some 33KV line, which provided some little relief, but the major 132KV line was hit. The Department of Defence (DoD) has cleared the site and we have now procured a contractor. In the next one week, the contractor will be on site to erect those three towers that were brought down. We should be able to restore normalcy in Lamu County. With respect to the flooding, that has not been a major one. I think we are quite advanced."
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"content": "For Sen. Shakila Abdala - I know her very well, we have come a long way - we will address that in a short while. Since the site has been cleared, we will be able to bring those three towers up and restore normalcy in Lamu County in another one week. Sen. Wamatinga, thank you. With respect to what we have done as Government in bringing our Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs), to address the challenge of unemployment among our youths from our polytechnics, this is a question that goes along with the transformer. We are assembling and manufacturing transformers. I assure you, the few meters that still come to Kenya are unassembled and are not being reworked in Kenya because we do not have a policy. If you go to a number of warehouses in Industrial Area, they are not just warehouses. We have semi knocked down kits where we are assembling and testing our digital meters. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Kenya Power can confirm that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we roll out our capacity, I can assure the House that there will be opportunities in these areas of technology for students of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs) to even manufacture the more detailed components, as opposed to just assembling."
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