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    "id": 1077180,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, mine is intended. Two-and-a- half months ago, I sought a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy on the matter of independent power producers and their role in electricity bills. I urge you to direct that on our sitting next Tuesday, the Committee should furnish the House with the information. I asked for a written statement, but the one I got had five fundamental questions. I am sure the Clerk has a copy of the Statement. Two of the questions, questions 4 and 5, the Committee asked that I should go to court and get a court order so that the Cabinet Secretary can furnish me with the names of the specific directors of the 13 companies that provide power to Kenya Power. Secondly, they did not provide the contractual obligations showing how much each company was paid per month. In line with Article 125 of the Constitution, the Powers and Privileges Act and Article 35 of the Constitution on access to information, once a Committee of this House demands for information from the Executive or any arm of Government, that information must be provided. This is a matter of national interest. When I sought that Statement, the same evening the Executive formed a taskforce in a very unusual manner. As a Member of Parliament, I am under obligation to provide to the people of Kenya the cost of power vis-à-vis what the private independent power producers charge Kenya Power. How much do they charge Kenya Power and how does that translate to the price ordinary citizens and investors pay? So, Hon. Speaker, I want you to use your powers to ask the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy to supply me with the information so that the House can interrogate the matter. It is now two months."
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