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    "id": 1060893,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060893/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding Kenya Power’s inflated electric power procurement costs. Hon. Speaker, sustainable industrialisation of any country is dependent upon regular and reliable access to sufficient and affordable energy. That kind of energy is a critical driver of manufacturing, transport and other key sectors of the economy. However, rather than pursuing the objective of supplying the Kenyan economy with affordable electricity, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has on the contrary presided over a massively inflated power supply regime that has regressive effects on the already overburdened taxpayers and businesses. Reliable data indicates that KPLC procures electric power from independent electricity power producers (IPPS) at an inflated rate of Kshs23 per kilowatt hour. In this irregular arrangement, the IPPS normally purchase electricity from Ken-Gen at approximately Kshs0.50 per kilowatt hour before offloading it to Kenya Power at an inflated rate of Kshs23 per kilowatt hour."
}