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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Power is everything in industry, agriculture, health, communication, e-communication, and information and Technology (IT). There is nothing you can do without power. So, power is development. If the cost of power is high then forget about development. From what we know, we have five major problems with the cost of power in this country. One, is the structure in place. We have KPLC, KenGen and KETRACO. One is supposed to produce the power, the other to market it and control the prices, and the other one is to transmit the power. Are all these three institutions working in harmony? The evidence we have says no and this has created inefficiency, which is a big problem. Two, there is the issue of the IPP and the PPAs – these are the killers. These PPAs have one purpose and that is to ensure that the producers make huge profits without complete regard to the cost to consumers. They have the take-off system whereby whether you use electricity or not, you will still pay them. This means that you must pay for their capacity whether they use that capacity or not. Hon. Temporary Speaker, these IPPs also have a higher cost. We have been told here that per unit, KenGen is paid Ksh5 and then we pay them Ksh52. Where would you get such an agreement? We are killing our own people! Some of them use the most expensive means The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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