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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I also stand to join the other Senators who have spoken before me to congratulate the Committee on Energy on the Report on the inquiry into the high cost of electricity in the country. One of the things in the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto was industrialisation. I know if the cost of electricity is lowered, it will encourage more investors; both local and foreign, to build more industries in our country. This Report is good work done by the Committee. Going forward, I can see light at the end of the tunnel where electricity will be lowered and we will ensure that now we have more industries in our country so that we can create more employment and wealth for our people. If you look at the Report, you can see according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Survey of 2023, about 87.5 per cent of all electricity generated in the country is from renewable energy and 43.6 per cent is from geothermal. We all know geothermal is found in Nakuru County, particularly in Naivasha. In this Report, they should include that Nakuru County should be supplied power at a lower cost compared to the other parts of the country. Narok County is enjoying their Maasai Mara and Turkana County is enjoying the oil. So, even Nakuru County should enjoy the geothermal that comes from there. The national Government earns Kshs15 billion from that geothermal. The Constitution says 25 per cent should remain at the county. We are talking of Kshs3.75 billion that should be our own source revenue in addition to what we collect. I believe that is what we will be pushing for. That is what we should have in this Report to ensure that we do not leave Nakuru County just like that since we are the ones who contribute 50 per cent of the power that we use in the whole of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, mine is only to congratulate the Committee and to urge them to ensure that they take on board those points that we are adding so that everybody feels well represented and should not feel like they have been left out. I thank you."
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