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"speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this administration has adopted a multi-pronged approach, specifically for Marsabit County. We will ensure that Marsabit County is connected to the national grid for the first time since Independence. You may ask how we will do that."
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"content": "We will start by constructing a 45-kilometre transmission line from Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) Project in Loiyangalani Town; a project that has delayed inordinately. We want to commit that come December this year, it shall be complete and we shall commission it. That will enable Loiyangalani Town and its environs to enjoy quality, affordable and reliable power from the national grid for the first time. 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": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is not conceivable that power can flow from LTWP in Loiyangalani, all the way to Suswa in Narok by passing the entire stretch of Marsabit land. That is what we want to correct under this administration."
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"content": "Secondly, we will unlock an important transmission line project that runs from LTWP in Loiyangalani, all the way to Marsabit and equally from Isiolo to Marsabit. By doing so, we shall make it possible for power from the national grid to extend to most parts of Marsabit County. That project which is being financed by Exim Bank of India is at the tail end of conceptualization. What has delayed it a bit is just the matter of scoping, which had to happen. We are more than convinced because as I speak, Exim Bank of India is going through the paperwork. We hope that before end of this year, we shall do groundbreaking. That is another commitment I want to make to not only Sen. Mohamed Chute and the people of Marsabit County, but also the people of the great Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Marsabit County, which comprises four constituencies; Saku, Moyale, North Horr, and Laisamis, has one of the most interesting disparities in terms of access to electricity, if I may call it so. Saku, the smallest of the constituencies, has a high access of about 60 something per cent. The extreme end of the county; North Horr and Laisamis, have 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent access rate. That is serious, massive disparity and this administration has made deliberate plans to address it, through the efforts we have put in place."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Marsabit County has been deliberately placed among the 14 counties benefiting from the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (K-OSAP). Marsabit County is benefiting from about Kshs1 billion worthy of those projects. That is about ten mini-grids covering the width and breadth of the county. We also have some six or so boreholes. I have spoken to my good friend, Sen. Chute. I told him that I will engage him further together with other leaders from the county, offline, over and above this formal presentation to ensure that we fast track these projects. That is a commitment that I am making before this Honourable House. I do not want to actually belabour the points, because I have already submitted the answers. I will proceed to state the reasons why those areas that have been listed remain without electricity connection despite the installation of electricity transformers in the said villages. The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), which is our implementing agency, has mapped out and undertaken preliminary works; that is, survey and design, of a number of the areas for implementation in the current financial year. The others have also been mapped for consideration in the next financial year subject to budgetary provisions. Details of the actual status of the areas are shown in Table 1 of my response. I do not want to belabour that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will respond to part (b) of the question, which is on the steps the Government is taking to operationalize all the electricity transformers installed across Marsabit County, I wish to inform the House that a total of eight schemes are in different stages of metering in the county. Upon completion, approximately 800 customers will be 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": "on-boarded, and all the associated transformers will be commissioned in order to realize the benefits anticipated by the Government of Kenya. In addition, some parts of Marsabit County have witnessed insecurity cases, which have caused movement of people, hence leaving the already installed transformers fairly idle. The Government is engaging various stakeholders to foster peace and restore normalcy."
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"content": "Part (c) of the question is about access levels of electricity to those areas mentioned in that question, and what the Government is doing to achieve full electricity coverage in those villages. Again, in line with what I have said in my opening remarks, the status of electrification and electricity access in the above villages is as shown in Table 2 of my response. The identification, scoping, and electrification of un-electrified areas is an on-going activity until universal electricity access is achieved. We do not want a situation where we talk about universal access by 2028 or 2030, yet many parts of the country, especially from northern Kenya, are left far behind. That is what we want to correct. Part (d) is on the status of the request for installation of electricity transformers in those three villages. The status of electrification in the above villages is as shown in Table 3 of my report. That is as far as the first question is concerned."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary. Sen. Chute, would you prefer to ask your second question, then ask the supplementary questions thereafter?"
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"content": "Question No.068"
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"content": "LACK OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMME IN MARSABIT COUNTY"
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