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    "id": 1056979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also thank Sen. Khaniri for bringing this Statement regarding power outage in Vihiga County. Power outage is actually a phenomenon in the whole country. It is not confined to Vihiga County. The KPLC over the years have not been able to light up the country as required. Look at the systems that are on the national grid. At the slightest of rain you see there is outage. In fact you do not see the relationship between rain and power outage. In fact, even in Nairobi, the outage is very common. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in systems where we come from where we are off grid, they are areas in this country where they are put off grid systems and those are not functioning. A case in point is my county in a place called El Wak, which has been in darkness for the last several months at a cover, which is, of course, in the same position. In Mandera town itself, there are generators that are under capacity and no attempt is being made to bring them to standard. We are told that every time, they are procuring new generators. The capacities which were planned some years back are not functioning any more. People have to bare power rationing which is excess and nobody knows when it is going to end. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya Power Company has a monopoly of power in this country. They must up their game. The Committee must interrogate this issue properly, so that we are able to give power and lighting where it is required. Since they are the only ones who are supplying this service, something must be done and they must be put to task. There is no competition and of course, bills are getting very high with people complaining about their bills. We are also paying for some independent power suppliers; we do not know how long they will be there. The combination of power sources such as hydro-power and independent power stations like wind generated, overtime we have been told that this is being done, but as the population of Kenya grows and with increase in the demand for power, Kenya Power Company must pull up its socks especially in those outlying areas in our regions. Something has to be done and I urge Kenya Power Company that they must restore power in El Wak. People are suffering in this heat where temperatures are rising to over 35 and it is unbearable."
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