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    "id": 1224843,
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    "speaker_name": "Mathioya, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Edwin Gichuki",
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    "content": "is connected to electricity. Kenya is lucky because 85 per cent of the energy is clean energy; that is hydropower and geothermal power. About 15 per cent is the non-renewable energy. If you compare Kenya with another country like South Africa and try to divide the total megawatts that are supplied in this country with the number of inhabitants, you will find that each inhabitant will have around 50 megawatts per person. If you go to South Africa, which relies on coal, which is non-renewable, each South African will have 1,500 megawatts. We commend the Government because it is trying to buy power from Ethiopia and other countries so that we can boost our energy. If we do not act on this issue of electricity, we will not solve other issues. When I was in school, we learnt about the seven dams that used to provide hydroelectric power. We have not added any more, and this was about 20 years ago. It is high time for Kenya to build multi-purpose dams that can be used for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The rains have started right now. We have rivers that are now drying up and yet, all that water ends up in the Indian Ocean. We really need to see how we can harvest this water for both irrigation and provide electricity in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I fully support this Motion."
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