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    "id": 21674,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Omollo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Ojwang Omollo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice to supporting this Motion. I am supporting the Motion because if you look at what is happening in the country right now, you will find that every year, whether there is drought or not, there is always power rationing, which we want to address now. As the Government continues borrowing for the generation of electricity, it should also start thinking of how to construct lines. We cannot keep on generating power, which we cannot transmit or distribute. If you look at the areas where we have geothermal power, you will find that there is not even a single high tension line going in there. If tomorrow the GDC succeeds in drilling power in areas like Silali, how will it transmit that power to the national grid? I visited Masinga and Kindaruma dams and saw serious engineering works going on down there. I want to support this Motion because without power, I do not think we can do anything in this country. The Rural Electrification Programme is doing a wonderful job in the constituencies and the districts, but not even a single Member of Parliament will tell you that he has power from Monday to Friday. At least, in two days, there must be power failure or blackout. In Nairobi and other areas, including where the Minister for Energy stays, we always have a lot of power fluctuations, especially in the evenings. We have a lot of power in Mombasa now, but that power cannot be distributed to Nairobi. It cannot be transmitted up to Nairobi simply because we have never upgraded our lines since 1963. We will allow the funds to come in and this is very important. Generation will start, but after generating the power, how will we distribute it? I want to urge the Minister to start looking into this matter. As you can see, the Ministry of Energy has done very many things. From the Kenya Power and Lighting Company they created KenGen. From there they created Rural Electrification Programme and subsequently the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO). So, you cannot know who owns a substation or who owns high tension or low tension lines. I want to urge the Minister to re-organize that Ministry because without power we cannot do anything in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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