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    "id": 1398944,
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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 touch on the Independent Power Producers (IPPs), which are on the least cost power development for delivery of our power in 2026. Sen. Wamatinga chairs the Committee on Energy and we will invite him in the next one or two weeks in a session where we are planning to sit down with all the IPPs to confirm whether they can sign on the cost of delivery unit cost per kilowatt, that is acceptable to us and the date of commissioning or Commercial Operation Date (COD) of 2026. This is because the way we run the least cost power development plan is that we match demand with supply. We do not generate what we do not need. It is a chicken-and- egg question. Do you develop power when there is no demand or do you generate demand and then you develop power? In this case, the industry may not be willing to wait for you to spend three years to build a power plant, if they are ready to invest. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes, it can impede developing industries. In a short while, we will be calling all the IPPs who have been scheduled to deliver in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. That is the tariff period that has been proved by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) in the current tariffs that are levied by Kenya Power, to confirm that they will all fulfill their CODs. If they cannot meet their CODs, there are other 26 or 27 generators outside, who are willing to come in and support us to ensure that the demand is not suppressed because we are not able to supply the energy or the power in good time. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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