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    "id": 1380125,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13582,
        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "As I was saying, the smart meters are something that can be produced locally by our local institutions. This will create employment and at the same time allow technology transfer. We repeatedly do some of these things wrongly. We know that there is expected demand and in collaboration with institutions of higher learning, we can start manufacturing or assembling the smart meters so that we create employment. As I wind up, I thank all the colleagues who contributed. I thank all the Members of the Committee for the several hours that they put in this Report. We know that we went through a tedious and frustrating experience. We request the Members of the House that once we make the resolutions and start the implementation within the timeframes that are given, we want to see this Report realised so that we deliver to Kenyans what they expect of us. As I conclude, the use of generators as a power generation in the matrix, is not only environmentally a major pollutant, but we also know that it is very expensive. That is why I urge all Senators in this House to start considering the technologies that are being applied by other countries. That is why I would tell people that it is important to start a conversation about whether it is indeed not time we went the nuclear way. I say this because most of our energy sources depend on natural factors and with climate change, the reduced forest cover and the reduced water levels in our rivers will mean that the hydropower that we get will at some point get exhausted. We know that geothermal is touted as one of the cleanest energies, yet it is being harvested in an area that is subject to tectonic movement. We can produce 10,000 megawatts of geothermal, but it is high time we ask the question, what will happen if there is a tectonic movement of the bricks underneath? We will have the pipes underneath dislocated, and the country will lose power for several years. Therefore, it is high time we started asking ourselves, is it not the right time to go nuclear? With the introduction of the small modular reactors with the advanced technology of non-enriched uranium, it is high time that we started this conversation just in line as we are talking about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). It is high time that this country started looking at that option of going nuclear. I thank you and I beg to reply."
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