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"content": "Hon. Members, we are already on it. There is a policy framework in Kenya Power that meters and transformers ought to be local. There is no room for competition against a local manufacturer today. We are working on that and I can confirm that it would be an exercise in futility if our TVETs are churning out our youths and we are importing some of these things that can be locally manufactured or assembled in the country. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": " Thank you, Waziri."
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me touch on the Independent Power Producers (IPPs), which are on the least cost power development for delivery of our power in 2026. Sen. Wamatinga chairs the Committee on Energy and we will invite him in the next one or two weeks in a session where we are planning to sit down with all the IPPs to confirm whether they can sign on the cost of delivery unit cost per kilowatt, that is acceptable to us and the date of commissioning or Commercial Operation Date (COD) of 2026. This is because the way we run the least cost power development plan is that we match demand with supply. We do not generate what we do not need. It is a chicken-and- egg question. Do you develop power when there is no demand or do you generate demand and then you develop power? In this case, the industry may not be willing to wait for you to spend three years to build a power plant, if they are ready to invest. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes, it can impede developing industries. In a short while, we will be calling all the IPPs who have been scheduled to deliver in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. That is the tariff period that has been proved by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) in the current tariffs that are levied by Kenya Power, to confirm that they will all fulfill their CODs. If they cannot meet their CODs, there are other 26 or 27 generators outside, who are willing to come in and support us to ensure that the demand is not suppressed because we are not able to supply the energy or the power in good time. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " Thank you, Waziri . Sen. Mandago."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Kindly allow me to take the Cabinet Secretary back on the matter of the blackout. What was the reason for the blackout in the better part of Monday in Nairobi, to the extent that the Nairobi Funeral Home and the Mbagathi Hospital did not have power? Also, what are the plans to ensure that Level 4 and Level 5 health facilities, where the Government intends to place equipment to support the rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), have three-phase power? A case example is in West Pokot Level 5 Hospital, which does not have three-phase power and it has equipment that has been in store for the last seven years without being utilised for lack of power. I thank you."
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today is Wednesday. Monday was the day when some of us did not get home because everywhere was flooded because of the heavy rains. We had a"
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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": "circuit breaker that went off in our Nairobi West sub-station, which was restored quickly and power resumed. There was flooding that even blocked the Nairobi Expressway, but as I said before, we are paying attention to ensure that we reduce or eradicate the blackouts, which are caused by avoidable events. On public institutions that are not on power or on three-phase, we have made a commitment that there is absolutely no reason we have 77 per cent access on power. That means power is within reach, yet public institutions, high schools and primary schools, dispensaries and hospitals are not on power. Therefore, what we have done in the budget that we are currently rolling out - and working with Members of Parliament, and a number of you have come with your area MPs to my office as a county group - is to prioritize all the public institutions and ensure they are on power. Where there is need for three-phase within access in terms of the grid, we need to provide that power. Primary schools are centres of habitation. Schools are not in isolated areas. Therefore, when we provide a transformer to serve a school, the communities around the schools are serviced through maximization. If we do the adjacent school, the pockets that are out of 600 metres because of resistance of the lines and the fact that we do not want to have too much power loses due to long cables, can then be batched with transformers and provide 100 per cent connectivity to the country. We are working hard to see whether through the funding coming through Parliament and our development partners, we can accelerate connectivity in Kenya and come close to 100 per cent by the year 2030, the same year we are saying we need to be 100 per cent renewable. If you come to my office today, you will find out that some of those programmes you desire and are pushing the Cabinet Secretary to do, are already on our programmes because it is the job you have given us to do. Sen. Mandago, we are working to ensure that all public institutions and not just that one hospital in West Pokot are on power. How do you preserve medicine like insulin in a hospital if there is no power? Before we go to our villages, there is no reason any public institution today in Kenya is not on power to support the livelihoods of the people around that region. We are committed and are working on that. Thank you."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to ask one question concerning my County, Siaya. We have a rice plant between Busia and Siaya, but the plant is within Siaya County. This is a new plant. It has been constructed and completed and the farmers have just harvested a lot of rice. The rice paddy is dry and there are thousands of bags. I went there and witnessed the desperation of farmers. The mill cannot be opened, yet it is complete. The farmers now risk losing that crop or they take it to Uganda for milling, which is very expensive. The reason the plant cannot be commissioned is that the power is there, but needs to be upgraded to three-phase. I am pleading with the Cabinet Secretary to take some action to make sure this plant is upgraded from Phase 1 to Phase 3, so that the farmers can benefit."
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