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"speaker_name": "Hon. Chirchir",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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"content": "Pending bills as at 27th June stands for land at Kshs156,375,243. We have so far paid Kshs133,917,000 and there is a deficit of Kshs22,458,000. We have given a summary for the land, structures and compensation for the crops on the wayleave and the total budget is Kshs302,594,705. So far paid is Kshs176,359,766 and we have a deficit of Kshs126,234,938 for Sultan Hamud-Merushi-Loitoktok 132 KV line, which is 105 Kms. Isinya-Konza transmission line is another high voltage transmission line 400 KV, which is 40 Kms. The project-affected persons are 171, and you will also note that we are about 50 percent done with 75 persons already fully paid. Those who have accepted the offer are 22 and the rest of the summary is as shown on that table. The pending bills are shown in the table below that. It has a summary of Ksh541,843,783 and total payments so far standing at Kshs263,692,882. We have a deficit of Kshs278million, which we are also working on. Concerning measures put in place to ensure that Kajiado County benefits from its energy resources, while indicating the status of exploration of gas, solar, and geothermal energy in the county, I confirm that Kajiado County is truly endowed with solar and wind resources. Already, 100 megawatts is being harnessed by Kipeto, a concessionaire who has been dispatching 100 megawatts of wind. We have 25 megawatts at Ngong, which is harnessed by KenGen and those are already operational. We also have 50 megawatts of wind power from Chania Green, which is under development with construction works at preliminary stages. There are plans to increase generation from Ngong Wind Power Plant by an additional 11 megawatts by KenGen. In terms of solar energy, the Ministry has implemented the programme of installation of Solar PV in public schools, health centres and police stations. We have an aggressive programme to make sure we cover all the public institutions, which are not covered with some serious maximization on the transformers already installed on the ground. In terms of Geothermal, Kenya has the potential of generating up to 10,000 megawatts. Among the sites with potential for geothermal are Mt. Suswa in Narok County and Magadi in Kajiado County. Exploration and development are expected to be done by the private sector and power will be procured based on the evolution of demand as per the lease course power development plan. Finally, some 459 residents/customers of Kajiado County living along the 400KV line that is the Kenya-Tanzania interconnector are already benefiting from the connection of electricity under the last mile connectivity, which is a Corporate-Social Responsibility (CSR) project. As I have confirmed, we are working on an aggressive programme to make sure that all the public institutions are connected. Concerning details of CSR agreements between the National Oil Cooperation (NOC) and local communities in Magadi, Kajiado County about Lake Magadi Oil exploration, we have noted the hon. Members talk to our going into Phase III of the project and what exactly we are doing. We have a Block 14T, which the hon. Member is talking about that is harnessed by National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK.)"
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