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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murgor",
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    "content": "Asante, Bw. Spika wa Muda . I am very grateful for the opportunity you have given to me to share my thoughts along with my colleagues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me and most of those that have faced the power cut in their houses, there is a very reckless and negative attitude from the officers of the Kenya Power (KP). Whenever those officers come, they do not care what your situation is as long as you do not have the money or you have not cleared your bill, they will recklessly mistreat you and never care about requests of any kind. I believe this comes about because of one company monopolising everything about power. It is my very strong opinion that the nation should find alternative people to provide power so that there is at least some sort of competitiveness in provision and supply of power. The other thoughts in my observation of these people is the fact that money is driving them crazy such that they do not care whether somebody will die as a result of them disconnecting power or whatever will happen. They have become almost as reckless as the ‘matatus’ on our roads who just care about money such that they do not think that they carrying people in their vehicles. It is almost like they have bags of maize in those vehicles. My other observation is that in that recklessness and carelessness, they do not care about a child who is in an incubator needing that power. The attitude as they go to the hospital such as our colleague Sen. Faki is expressing about in this Statement, is that money driven attitude makes them not care whether there is a child in an incubator or whether there is somebody on oxygen that is really depending on power or any other situation in a hospital or anywhere else. It is time for us to get an alternative group so that there is competition in provision of power. You can imagine the attitude and the situation of looking for money and not minding about the citizens lighting their houses, streets and so on. They are supposed to be providing power. It is the responsibility of the company that is providing power to light the streets and provide power to be connected into people’s homes. It is they who provide that needed commodity. I believe the attitude in KP should be changed. As a company that is making money, apart from making money, their attitude should also be selling so that there is persuasion and marketing in the process of selling. That means an attitude of seeking the attention and involvement of the consumer. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you."
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