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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "were very shady agreements which were entered into that committed this country to long- term repayment periods with independent power producers. The justification for the people sitting in Government at that time was that it was better to have expensive agreements rather than not have power within Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, KLPC limited was committed and saddled with very heavy and long-term burden of debt. If you look at some of the agreements - when the inquiry was taking place - you can see a clear trend of officers within Government who were talking or having back agreements with the IPPs to the disadvantage of the Kenyan people. Kenyans must know that the Senate Standing Committee on Energy has revealed in this Report that, in fact, there were very unconscionable agreements that caused this country to pay heavily for electricity. These are long-term agreements that have saddled us with heavy electricity charges. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these officers were in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and they enjoyed their time there. They made those agreements. Some of them very unconscionable against the Kenyan people yet nothing happened to them. At the very end, one of the recommendations of the Report states that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) together with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) should undertake investigations to establish the criminal liability of public officers involved in the irregular and unlawful behaviour. If you go all the way to Recommendation 229, you will see that there were those mentioned adversely in cases that went to court. For example, the Environment and Land Court (ELC) Civil Suit No.163 of 2014 of Meru County. Some of the parcels of land were also irregularly acquired. People sat in that Government and made unconscionable decisions against the people of Kenya. They made millions and billions of shillings and they walked away freely. This Report is trying to say that those former Government officers who used to sit in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum should not be left alone. We want this to be given serious priority. Recommendation 224; the KPC Limited is saddled with Kshs38 billion debt burden. This comes from the type of agreements which were entered into in those days. These public officers may have collected Kshs1 billion, Kshs500 million, Kshs200 million or Kshs100 million, but a few years down the road, they committed a public utility company to the tune of Kshs38 billion debt; that we, as Kenyans, must pay. I simply agree with that recommendation. My prayer is that the Ministry - as we transmit this to the EACC and DCI - shall go back and look at those Cabinet Secretaries, Permanent Secretaries (PS), Chief Executive Officers (CEOs of KPC that were there in those days who committed these long-terms agreements. They should do a thorough job so that Kenyans can possibly seize some of the property so that we can start offsetting this debt by KPC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another issue that came from this Report. That the Ministry of Lands and the county governments need to work out a way in which the parcels of land which have been given out for purposes of securing transmission are given titles where necessary. The Ministry incurs a lot of expenses through KETRACO limited. At the end of it, you find that those expenses are not justified. This Report is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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