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    "id": 1174365,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1174365/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, KenGen is a State-owned company that deals with the production of power. It incurred a cost of Kshs79.3 billion on the drilling of geothermal power wells. These were loans that were financed by the Export-Import Bank of China and Exim Bank of China. They were drilled between 2011 and 2015. Despite these wells being ready for use, by the time they were being audited, they had not been connected to the main power supply. What is most wanting is that we have a capacity that can reduce the cost of power in this country. We wonder why the Government and the Ministry of Energy failed to grant them approval to supply to the Kenya Power (KP), yet they approved Independent Power Producers (IPPs) at the same time. Coincidentally, the Government is right now in the process of trying to reduce the cost of power by renegotiating with these IPPs. Some of them have agreements, but some do not have them. Why would they sign up something knowing very well that they have wells that are un- utilised and dormant? This is something that was captured in the Audit Report. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) needs to take action on such kinds of individuals who cost this country money."
}