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    "id": 1499233,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwala, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Musau",
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    "content": "the status of compensation to Master Simon Mwema for injuries sustained following electrocution from Kenya Power lines. The response we got from the ministry did not satisfy us. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is the response. Master Simon Muema suffered electrical burns at Kyethani Village in Mwingi on 17th December 2017 while playing with part of a vandalised stay wire that was attached to a pole with electrical conductors. In the course of playing with the remaining part of the stay wire, the stay wire came into contact with a low-voltage (LV) line, causing it to be energised. The incident was duly reported to the Kenya Power Mwingi office on 20th December 2019, and to the Insurance Department on 12th August 2020. The matter was subsequently reported to the Cooperative Insurance of Kenya Limited (CIC) through Atmos Insurance Brokers Limited. The insurers have since indicated that they are unable to take up the matter since Master Muema, who was playing with the stay wire, caused it to be energised when it swung against the LV line. Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has asked the insurance company to review its decision but they have declined to pay the claim, citing expiry of the limitation period. In this regard, KPLC has referred the matter to the regulator for review and enable its logical conclusion. As I said, this response unearths a new potential area of corruption where some of our Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) are reaping a lot of money through insurance firms. So, when cases are up, the insurance firms decline to accept liability and instead run away. In this particular case, it is sad that the insurance company and KPLC want to claim that the child is the author of his misfortune after he got electrocuted when he touched a low-hanging wire. That is very sad. Even simple understanding has it that wires are not supposed to be loosely hanging in the first place. The fact that the wire was loosely hanging was a liability on the KPLC. The matter has already been referred to the regulator. As a Committee, we have resolved to audit all the monies that have been paid to these insurance firms and the claims that have so far materialised and have been paid. That way, we can tell Kenyans that the monies being paid to insurance firms by our SAGAs mean something. If this case has not been taken up by the insurance firm, it means no other case would ever be taken up. This is the first case that should have been paid."
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