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    "id": 1560620,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1560620/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, you have raised a pertinent issue. There is what we call ‘deemed produced power.’ I once sat in the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy. We were investigating IPPs. As the Chairperson has raised, this House has to look more critically into the money the taxpayer is paying to IPPs, under Public Private Partnerships (PPP), for idle generators or investment that is gathering dust. We are paying through our noses for deemed power. I saw this under the Lake Turkana Wind Power and the idle geothermal power stations, which raise power bills in our homes, industries and other sectors. This makes the cost of living high and the production of goods very expensive. This makes Kenya very uncompetitive as an investment destination in this region. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy has a lot to do. If we need to grow this economy, we must start with energy, which is a basic need. We must make sure that we make it affordable and accessible to all homes. I support this particular discussion."
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