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    "id": 1561064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561064/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": "4. The EPRA will send a technical team to the sites to further probe the issues raised and come up with a detailed report. The fourth and last question was on a report on the terms of the agreement between KUDURA Power East Africa Limited and the Government, including whether the terms are subject to review to allow alternative service providers to supply power alongside KUDURA Power East Africa Limited. The response is as follows: Section 165(7) of the Energy Act, 2019 and the current Retail Electricity Tariff Review Guidelines, 2023 provide for a review of retail electricity tariffs once every three years. Therefore, KUDURA Power East Africa Limited is required by the aforesaid provisions of the law to submit a tariff renewal every three years upon the expiry of the approved tariff, subject to review and approval by the Authority. Second, the generation and distribution licences were given for 10 years commencing in 2020, hence KUDURA Power East Africa Limited is remaining with about five years within which they ought to have recovered their investment, after which the terms will be renegotiated or the sites handed over to a different distributor. Third, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has developed draft mini-grid regulations which give guidelines on what options will be available to the mini-grid operator when the main grid arrives. Once the mini-grid regulations are enacted, KUDURA Power East Africa Limited may operate as: 1. A power producer selling to the distribution licensee. 2. A power distributor that purchases power in bulk from the distribution licensee and resells that electricity to the consumers. 3. The mini-grid operator that remains the power distributor for the area, purchasing power from the distribution licensee to sell to the consumers, in addition to its existing generation. I submit."
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