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"content": "These reports normally come, we do a very good job, we spend a lot of taxpayers’ money, but if we do not follow through, the reports end up just collecting dust. You ask yourself, what did you do? I know tomorrow, on Thursday, the Committee on Energy is going to Kilifi to deal with this issue of nuclear power and to discuss with the residents of that area. If we cannot solve a problem of making sure that at least power or renewable energy is there, are we will be able to deal with issue of nuclear energy? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to end by reiterating on the importance of this report. Let us not waste time reading too much of it, go straight to the two pages. When you make your contributions here, I want to beseech you, my brothers and sisters, let us find a way that we can put this Ministry to task. Those who sign deals which are very expensive with the IPPs, I agree with the Report that they should be taken to task. We have to find a way. Nothing surprises me nowadays with this Government, which is able to turn stones into bread. So, if we can negotiate by whichever means possible, for the cost of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to go down, that would mean more power to us. I will be happy when Kenya Power Company (KPC), with the Ministry of Energy focuses on completing the Narok Transmission Line. I live in Narok. In most cases, we resort to using gensets and solar because that transmission line is unstable. One of the recommendations is, if we complete that line and Suswa Transmission Line, we will have solutions for the entire country. I am happy that we are now not depending on thermal plants only. The cost of electricity is high because we are not concentrating on what needs to be done. Fuel prices are very high and all that is passed on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I insist that the Office of the Auditor-General must audit the loans, particularly which were taken from Equity Bank, Stanbic Bank and all these money lenders in USD currency. The terms of those loans must be made public because you cannot take a loan at 6 per cent plus, liable. It makes it very expensive for us to service those debts unless we are trading in US dollars. If you convert Kenya Shillings into US dollars, and then you pay that loan, you will realise that if you are paying Kshs3000 for your electricity in a month, you will now be paying Kshs30,000. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support."
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