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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to believe the hon. Member for Eldoret North is referring to the cost of electricity because if we are talking about energy, then we have to go comprehensively to both the fuel and also the electricity. So, I would like to probably highlight a few steps that my Ministry is taking towards that end. Currently, our total generation is slightly less than 1,390 Megawattss against a peak demand of about 1,220 Megawattss. We have elaborate plans to ensure that we keep sources of electricity. That is why I have said that my Ministry has given a lot of prioritization to geothermal energy, that is the green energy programmes which we expect to generate about 5,040 Megawattss by the year 2030 through geothermal only. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also expect to generate a further 2,400 Megawattss through coal production. You are aware that Kenya is now working on coal mining within the Mui Basin of Kitui area. That will help us to generate 2,400 megawattss. Regarding the gas turbine, arising from our discovery of what we call liquid gas in our country, my Ministry also expects to generate to a capacity of 2,340 megawattss. Of course, we have not retired all the high speed diesel generators, which we also use to supplement whenever we have a shortage. From that alone, we expect 1,440 megawattss. From wind energy, which is a very important area we are already moving to, we expect that this country will be able to generate a net of 1,500 megawattss by the same time. We also intend to increase the capacity of hydro-power generation by another 200 megawattss by improving some of the turbines that we have within the hydro-generation areas. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Government of Kenya, my Ministry has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian Government to import electricity. Kenya will be importing electricity from Ethiopia and other countries belonging to what we call the “East African Power Pool (EAPP)”, which Kenya currently chairs. The EAPP brings together all the East African Community (EAC) countries and some sub-Saharan countries, including Egypt and the Sudan. Through the EAPP, we expect to import about 2,000 megawattss. Finally, another area we are exploring into, where my Ministry has already set things in motion is nuclear energy. From this sub-sector, we intend to generate about 4,000 megawattss. So, the total amount of electric power, we expect to generate within the next 18 years or so, is 18,920 megawattss. So, as Kenyans, we have no reason to worry that investors will continue shunning Kenya because of the high cost of production."
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