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    "id": 1560585,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1560585/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bisau Kakai",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you very much for this opportunity. The issue is across the board. The answers always given by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum are like quick fixes. We are blessed with the sun for half the year, if not more. Why do we not think outside the box to ensure that we utilise natural resources and go the solar way? Secondly, there has been a complete blockade of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). If we liberalised the market and allowed more players with better technology, we would have more suppliers competing with existing ones and get power at lower rates. I expect the Departmental Committee on Energy and the ministry to think outside the box. Let us be ahead and appreciate the natural resources we have. Secondly, in support of Hon. Lekuton, Marsabit is the host community. The host community must be part and parcel of originating the supply chain by involving local leaders in the whole process. That is how multinationals have succeeded or failed. Their failure or success starts with respecting the host community. In a nutshell, I am telling the Departmental Committee on Energy Chair that we should think outside the box and ensure we get value for money. At the same time, take advantage of natural resources. We have the sun. Let us get more solar energy. We have the sea. Let us get more wind. Open up the market for more players. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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