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    "id": 1028204,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1028204/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Energy on the issue of loss of Kshs7 billion penalties paid to investors behind Lake Turkana Wind Power Project. In the Statement, the Committee should- (i)Explain why the Ministry has paid over Kshs7 billion for penalties to contractors yet the 430-kilometer highway voltage power project from Lake Turkana to Suswa in Narok which is worth Kshs28.9 billion has not been completed; (ii)State the cost of the project since from June 2018, the Government was to pay one billion shillings monthly for these delays in connecting the plant to the national grid, and the suspect declaration of bankruptcy in the Spanish company which could have been a well-drawn script to swindle the public funds for the delays; (iii)Explain why the Government has spent billions of shillings to pay for penalties since over one thousand laborers were shipped from China to complete the project after the exit of the Spanish company; iv. State why the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KENTRACO) has ceded to punitive clauses in the contract that it would pay the penalties if they complete the project before the transmission line is completed; and (iv)Explain why the Government has paid the latest Kshs1.6 billion despite the National Assembly recommendation that no payment should be made until special audit is done in all the payments done."
}