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    "id": 1224885,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Machakos County, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joyce Kamene",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. In a very special way, I want to thank Hon. Jane Kagiri, the Woman Rep for Laikipia, for the well-articulated and researched Motion on the power sector. Power has become a menace and devastating in this nation. I want to thank her so much because she has revealed a lot. She took us through KenGen, KETRACO and KP. What has come out clearly is that KP is no longer interested in serving the citizens and giving power to its citizens and the nation, but it has become a rotten den where cartels have taken control. How on earth does KP buy power from KenGen at Ksh5 and sell it to its suppliers at Ksh23? The same KP goes ahead and signs some agreements with the IPPs to buy power from them at Ksh52? Surely! There is also a clause in this agreement which I understood it as a take or buy! Whether you buy the electricity or power, you still have to pay and yet, KenGen is supplying power at Ksh5, and we are not exhausting power at KenGen. It shows that there are cartels that are controlling KP; and this has to come to an end because power is a commodity which is of utmost need for our citizens, hospitals, industries and investors who want to invest in our country. Power is one of the few items that investors will check its cost in the country. For how long will we suffer? I thank Hon. Jane for bringing up this issue. We, as parliamentarians, are the ones who are bestowed with making sure that the laws and regulations that govern us are well thought out and enabling our citizens to get the right prices or services. We have to look at this clause and insist on getting the agreements that IPPs and KP have laid down so that this monopoly can come to an end. At the end of the day, we will not continue suffering. Our country will not 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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