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    "id": 1378867,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe. Nyutu",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because it is late, let me not be informed by Sen. Cherarkey. He can bring out his information during his time because I know he is asking to speak. Thank you, Sen. Cherarkey. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is this particular loan of about Kshs38 billion that KPC owes. I am a Kenyan who has been around to see Kenya Airways (KQ) being bailed out by Government every year. This is just a company that serves only the chosen few, because if you come from a place like where I come from, not many people fly. I have been wondering that the Government has also bailed out Mumias Sugar Company. Would it not be a very good idea if the Government decided to bail out KPC? This would have some other multiplier effect, because if we bail out KPC, which serves the whole country, then it means that such a bailout benefits the whole country. This will also bring cost of production down. This will be good for our economy because once the cost of power goes down, the cost of production also goes down, hence, the returns also rise. I recommend bailing out of KPC, of course, on condition that they exhibit proper running of the company. I commend the Committee for the recommendation on the acquisition of wayleaves with the aim of reducing challenges associated with delays of installation of power transmission. We know that there are so many consumers that would be willing to be connected to power, but have not to power because KPC has not been able to obtain wayleaves. Sometimes, you get some unreasonable landowners. Where I come from, there is a particular landowner who has completely refused to give wayleave to Athi Water Works Development Agency to connect a particular section of our people in Murang’a. Where we have such difficult landowners, we need to have some very good way of making such people give wayleave. Perhaps, we can come up with a law that if it is a wayleave to an important service, we have such people giving wayleave without an option and only leaving them with the option of seeking compensation for such. You cannot have one landowner that blocks hundreds and sometimes thousands of people from accessing an important service. I commend the Committee for that particular recommendation. In summary, because I know there are my colleagues that still wait on the queue to make their contribution, we should be following keenly on how we can do away with IPPs because we cannot privatize such an important service. The Committee should look at this possibility. We should empower KPC to operate efficiently and optimally, so that they produce their own power and supply the same to our people in abundance, because this is a very important service. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because it is getting late, I want to conclude there. I support the Report, but remind the Committee that there is still room for improvement. 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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