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    "id": 1224877,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gem, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Elisha Odhiambo",
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    "content": " What I was going to mention is that the EADB financed the LTWP. They were not ready when we, as a committee, went to LTWP. However, somebody in the Ministry forced their way and Ksh9 billion was paid for free. Even as we talk about the price of power in this country, we need to look at other players in the market who are actually stealing public money. Until we wake up, as Members of Parliament, and say no to theft of public funds, we cannot be talking about how to improve the pricing of KP. Right now, we have a lifeline tariff. The lifeline tariff charges Ksh12 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). If you look at the kWh given and its composition, the taxes are 56 per cent. What does that tell us? It means that the citizenry is paying a lot of tax. For example, we have the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) tax on that tax. WARMA is charging Ksh50 cents per kWh for the hydro stations. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is charging Ksh0.2 cents per kWh. I think it is important that the Motion Hon. Jane Kagiri has brought helps us, as the Departmental Committee on Energy, to go deep into inquiry on how best we can moderate the taxes so that the citizenry can enjoy supply. The good news is that the country should be able to have a nuclear plant in Mombasa, hopefully, in the next ten years. We will produce 4,000 megawatts if we have the nuclear plant, which will then put us in the foothold of an industrial nation. If you talk about every household having electricity now, it is not going to be possible. It will be a question like what has happened in the Republic of South Africa, where there was a law that all citizens should be supplied with power. However, there is rationing now; and each citizen gets power for three hours per day. Even as we do the inquiry, it is important that we, as a country, be proactive in planning on our future need of megawatts. More important is the variance between the 2,247 megawatts consumed every day and the 2,900 megawatts produced. We should use the existence of that 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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