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    "id": 1570046,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Marsabit County has been deliberately placed among the 14 counties benefiting from the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (K-OSAP). Marsabit County is benefiting from about Kshs1 billion worthy of those projects. That is about ten mini-grids covering the width and breadth of the county. We also have some six or so boreholes. I have spoken to my good friend, Sen. Chute. I told him that I will engage him further together with other leaders from the county, offline, over and above this formal presentation to ensure that we fast track these projects. That is a commitment that I am making before this Honourable House. I do not want to actually belabour the points, because I have already submitted the answers. I will proceed to state the reasons why those areas that have been listed remain without electricity connection despite the installation of electricity transformers in the said villages. The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), which is our implementing agency, has mapped out and undertaken preliminary works; that is, survey and design, of a number of the areas for implementation in the current financial year. The others have also been mapped for consideration in the next financial year subject to budgetary provisions. Details of the actual status of the areas are shown in Table 1 of my response. I do not want to belabour that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will respond to part (b) of the question, which is on the steps the Government is taking to operationalize all the electricity transformers installed across Marsabit County, I wish to inform the House that a total of eight schemes are in different stages of metering in the county. Upon completion, approximately 800 customers will be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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