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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had promised that I would talk to the House today on a subject which is of extreme importance to our country; that is the subject of development of the green energy. Energy is the engine of an economy. Energy drives our industries. Therefore, unless we are able to generate sufficient energy in our country, we face a very grim future. The economic conditions in Kenya remain very difficult. The energy costs continue to be prohibitively high and its supply remains grossly inadequate. Factories and households are equally hurt from the high energy costs. The high energy costs are making our manufacturers less competitive in the regional market. The energy situation is expected to worsen as the expansion of power generation capacity has not matched the demand. Our current installed capacity is 1,200 megawatts. Our demand is almost equal to that. About 70 per cent of our generation is hydro-based and based primarily on rivers. As drought continues, we continue to experience serious problems with our generation. In order to boost economic activity through adequate supply of energy at low cost and at the same time to move into transforming Kenya into a green economy, the Grand Coalition Government intends to launch an Accelerated Green Energy Development Initiative over the next 36 months. The target is the installation of an additional power generation of 2, 000 megawatts by June, 2012 through the accelerated construction of:- (a) geothermal power plants; (b) wind and solar power plants; (c ) bio-fuel power co-generation plants; (d) biomass, solid wastes and other recycled power generating facilities; (e) conversion from conventional energy application devices to energy saving ones including light bulbs in institutions, homes and private enterprises and,"
}