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    "id": 1378820,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1378820/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "something one can never understand. Instead of getting into deals with IPPs, Kenya Power should invest in efficiency. It is laughable for the nation to be talking about venturing into nuclear energy, which is a delicate but clean energy. If we are unable to handle the traditional ways of producing electricity for our people, how can we dream of going the nuclear way? It is okay to have the disclosure but what is it for? Let us disclose and begin a process of terminating contracts with IPPs. If it becomes evident that Kenya Power cannot be profitable, then we should kill the monopoly and register other companies and entities to produce electricity for the country. That will create competition. It should also be remembered that there is conversation around Kenya Power and their ability or inability to produce affordable electricity for consumers in this country. Article 204 of our Constitution establishes the Equalization Fund. The drafters of our Constitution have realised that access to affordable electricity is a basic requirement for development. They are also saying that the Equalization Fund should go into basic services, including electricity, roads, water and health. So central is electricity to the development of any area in this country that it should bother us as a House that today we are discussing lack of access to affordable electricity when we have a monopoly that has been operating for long."
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