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    "id": 305742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/305742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the end part of it was politicking, which is allowed. However, the two are not in contradiction; importation of 400 megawatts from Ethiopia and constructing a 300-megawatts wind power station around Lake Turkana are two different projects. As I speak today, we have managed to increase our generation capacity from 900 megawatts when we came to power to about 1,500 megawatts. In other words we have added 600 megawatts in the last five years. However, this is still peanuts if you look at it against the requirements of Vision 2030. Our consumption here is still equivalent to the consumption of a city in Europe or United States. In order for us to be able to achieve our objectives, we need to go to 10,000 megawatts and above. What is 400 megawatts by comparison? We need more. This is a case where supply creates demand. A number of investors who want to invest in Kenya fear to come when they see that our generation capacity is almost nil. That is why we need to increase our power supply to be able to be more attractive to investors who want to come into this country. The Turkana Wind Power Project is on course and funds have already been identified for it. It is going to be implemented. Look at other projects like wind, solar, geothermal and the green sources of energy in this country that we want to implement in order to make this country self-sufficient in energy."
}