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    "id": 1398896,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398896/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me speak in English. Hon. Senators, the challenge in Mombasa is that most of the generation happens out of the region. We transport the power to Mombasa. The power generation out of Weru in Malindi Solar Power Plant - most renewable plants like wind and solar are associated with intermittence. Intermittence is to say that you generate more power when there is wind, and wind is very powerful at night. When there is no wind, you have to replace it to take over and supply energy. This applies to solar energy too. Whereas we support Mombasa majorly with diesel generation, we have built a 400KV line between Olkaria to Isinya and Mariakani that will service Mombasa adequately with almost 100 per cent renewable energy. Mariakani is being commissioned in July. Since I am here with my team, we have had a challenge during Ramadhan. We will do more of what we are doing in Narok and Bomet to ensure that there is no overload or constraint in the transmission systems. Occasionally, this is because we are also building a line between Malindi, Weru and Kilifi. The funding is available together with the Narok and Bomet counties from South Korea and the Africa Development Bank. We are at the tendering stage for the one for Narok and Bomet. With the funding, there is so much happening in Mombasa. We recognize Mombasa as an important city during the holy month of Ramadhan and a water gateway to Kenya and the East Africa region. From the earlier meeting where we gave the National Treasury a cheque of Kshs5 billion on account of the profits made by Kenya Pipeline Company; we were looking at how to service the region better using our gateway and play that competitive advantage so that it does not go to our neighbors in Dar es Salaam. Sen. Faki, we are paying a lot of attention to Mombasa. The kind of investment coming to the region in transmission, power generation and looking at Dongo Kundu"
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