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    "id": 1472239,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1472239/?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": "What was there is already in Article 201. Why is it hard to make public a power purchasing agreement through IPPs until Sen. Sifuna tells KP that no, there is an amendment? Those are the bad manners we have in this country of impunity and corruption. The report of 2021 demanded that we do a forensic audit. I ask the Committee on Energy through the Office of the Speaker to tell us about these powers purchasing agreement through IPPs. I remember in the last session, there was a statement and an investigation done by this House that showed that there was a local IPP company, locally registered that was selling power per kilowatt to KP in dollars and yet, it was a Kenyan company. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can you believe the impunity roaming around in this country? This company is registered here in Kenya. The directors are in Kenya and trade is domiciled here in Kenya. However, they sell power to KP for distribution and transmission in dollars or pounds. Those are the people that the forensic audit should have been done on and be charged in court because that was a rip off of the public’s hard-earned money. On this issue of openness on the power purchasing agreements, especially on the IPPs, I do not have a problem with that. We are not saying that IPPs or the people giving power independently should not do this business. However, we want them to do clean business and abide by the rules and the law of the Republic of Kenya. If I establish a solar or wind power generating company in Kilifi and I intend to sell it to KP, why not do so in Kenya shillings? That is openness, accountability and transparency, I am talking about. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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