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    "id": 1220632,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Mundigi for bringing this Statement. I do not know where my Chairperson is. I am the Vice Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy. As a Committee, we have raised these issues. We report to the House that tomorrow we are meeting Kenya Power to give us reasons we have been having blackouts. We have used a lot of resources to generate renewable energy, Solar. We have also done hydro and wind power. Therefore, I promise that we will get the proper reasons these issues arose. We will also discuss with the Government. I believe they need to invest more in the lines because they have an issue. When I was in the National Assembly in the last Parliament, we used to have resources to connect power from Turkwel towards Kitale. There was also one from Narok towards Kisii. However, every time, the budget used to be cut by the National Treasury. So, I believe this could be one of the reasons why we are having recurrent blackouts in the country. It was unfortunate that last Saturday, we did not have power for almost 24 hours. Some people could have lost their lives as our colleagues have said. There were issues in Mombasa General Hospital, Machakos and many others that have not been reported. So, as soon as the Statement come to our Committee---"
}