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    "id": 193771,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193771/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.M Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
        "slug": "mohammed-mahamud"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Currently there are two private power producers supplying energy to the national grid. These are Mumias Sugar Company which supplies two megawatts of electricity generated using bagasse which is sugar-cane waste from the factory. The second company is the Orpower 4, which is an independent power producer and supplies 13 megawatts of electricity to the grid since 2000. These two companies, on average, supply 4GWh and 112GWh of renewable energy respectively. 1096 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 10, 2008 These figures represent 2 per cent of energy injected to the grid. (b) The least cost development plan covering the period 2008/2028 factored over 500 megawatts of geothermal and 900 megawatts of imported hydropower mainly from Ethiopia. The current committed projects up to 2012 include 355 megawatts of additional energy. Presently, drilling of geothermal wells in the dams near Ol Karia is ongoing in order to increase geothermal generation. The Sessional Paper No.4 of 2004 and the attendant Act of 2006 spells out the Government policy and strategies for development and promotion of future energy generation. As for the incentive, the Government, through Legal Notice No.43 of 2008, established feed in tariffs to encourage small private power developers for renewable sources, including wind, biomass, small hydro-electric power plants to supply the national grid at the pre-established tariff."
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