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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am actually shocked by the fact that Kenyans would be forced to cross into Somalia, a failed State. I support the Member. Kenya Power Company should act with urgency. However, the reason I wanted to catch your eye for a minute is on the issue of hardship allowance. This issue should be explained not just to this House, but to Kenyans. The rationale behind identifying areas to be classified as hardship areas should be explained. For example, in Kajiado Central, there is a sub-county called Oloilelai. If there are remote places in this country, then that is one of them. Teachers have to commute hundreds of kilometres to schools that are far in between. Imagine a teacher having to use a boda boda every morning and they have no hardship allowance. This is an issue that must be brought to the attention of the House. I have taken up this issue with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and they say it is the Ministry of Interior and National Administration that does the classification. When you go to Ministry, they pass the ball over to TSC. This is a ping-pong game. You do not know who is responsible for the issue. This is an issue of great importance because it affects education in marginalised areas."
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"content": " Fair enough. I hope Hon. Osoro and Hon. Baya will respond to all that. Let us also listen to Hon. Umul Kheir, who comes from Mandera. She is the Woman Representative of Mandera. Please, giver her the microphone."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to speak about the power outage in Mandera. As we speak, and knowing that we are in the month of Ramadhan, the situation in Mandera is dire. Mandera Town has not been having electricity for the last 48 hours, non-stop. We are now in the month of Ramadan The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "and our people are suffering. They get ice blocks across from Bula-Hawa in Somalia. That is unfortunate and shameful. Two generators were delivered by the Kenya Power Company (KPC) last month, but they are not working. If you look at the forces of supply and demand, of course, the demand is higher and the supply is low. We want KPLC to act with speed. What it is trying to do is to play around with the lives of the people. The health care is paralysed and businesses are collapsing. The elderly are getting shocks from heat waves. In as much as there is power in Mandera West, the situation is dire in terms of water. Our people are really suffering and we want the Government to act with speed. The Kenya Power Company should get its act together to ensure that power is restored in Mandera Town. I want to urge the people of Mandera to exercise restraint. They know that we have been trying our best but KPC has been failing us. They should have a lot of subra. Thank you."
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"content": " You have made your point, Hon. Umul Kheir. Now, Hon. Osoro, you can…"
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"content": "Well, do you want to respond to all of them, or you just want to respond to the power issue now? On the issue of the hardships, Hon. Baya has responded to it fairly comprehensively. Hon. Jared Okello."
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"content": " Let me add this, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I said, it has been one year since the Report was brought to Harambee House. What my brother, Hon. Baya, the Majority Whip is saying is that they are still reading the Report a year later. The Report has moved from the Minister to the Office of the Head of Public Service (HOPS). If we are going to wait for people to read reports for one year… Now that you have been confronted by twin issues that you will give direction on – one being of power – it is important we recognise that the Report was brought one year ago and it is in the Government offices. It is Parliament that needs that Report so that it can be acted upon. So, as you give us direction, I request that that Report be brought before this House as soon as possible, most probably, today."
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"content": " Very well. You have made your point. Hon. Osoro, respond to the two areas that have been mentioned comprehensively. The power outages in Mandera and, frankly, the whole country in this month of Ramadan. In my constituency, Dadaab – and I wish I was not on the Speaker’s Chair because I would have really contributed on this matter. We have power rationing. How will you engage KPC to see the need to respect Kenyans in this holy month of Ramadhan? Address the issue of the hardship allowance also."
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I want to thank Hon. Bashir for raising this very important matter. It is, indeed, unfortunate that in this day and age, citizens still rely on power from a neighbouring country and yet they pay taxes in Kenya. They live within the jurisdiction of this country and they are Kenyans by all rights. Hon. Bashir and all the Members who have spoken, that was important. It shows that we are representing our people very well. To answer that question, there has been an ongoing process under the Minister for Energy to light up the entire country. You will agree with me that two or three weeks ago, the Head of State, alongside the Minister for Energy, signed some agreements with some allies. There is a programme to light up the entire North Eastern region, as far as I am concerned. However, I do not want to hold brief for the Ministry. I want to commit that next week, the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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