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    "id": 1380086,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1380086/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I have read and internalised the Report on lowering costs. The Report has given us the background very well. However, the underscoring principle of this Report with all due respect is that it was like a skirt that was long enough to cover essentials, but short enough to arouse curiosity on what is happening in the energy sector. It is very unfortunate because the beginning of the report is overwhelming, but the recommendations are underwhelming. I expected earth shaking, radical and atomic recommendations. The Committee has done a fantastic job in research and everything, but, there is a failure at the tail end. It is like shooting in the dark. Kenyans who are following this Motion would really have wanted to know what ails the issue of power. We have been told what makes it expensive. What is the way forward? I agree with Senators who said that we need an implementation committee to follow up on the implementation of these recommendations. While I laud the Committee for sitting long hours and doing the research, the recommendation fell short of the target. I hope the Committee will relook at some of the recommendations. I have heard colleagues talking about ending the monopoly of KPC. Tomorrow morning, we are doing the elections of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). I wish all candidates for the LSK elections all the best. I can see the Chairperson Emeritus of the LSK Kenyan Chapter, who later became Emeritus Chairperson of East Africa Law Society and is a Senior Counsel. What I wanted to make---"
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