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    "id": 371466,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makenga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Makenga Katemi",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by my friend, hon. David Kangongo. It is a very timely Motion. I want to say that it is a pity that, 50 years after Independence, the only company that is mandated to distribute power in this country has only done 15 per cent. About 85 per cent of our homes and institutions are not supplied with electricity. That means that it will take us another 50 years to even get closer to 50 per cent of electricity supply. I support this Motion because the company that distributes power-- - If there was another company that was competing with it, there would be more power connections and, probably, even the cost of power would come down. The Commissioner of Monopolies--- I think monopolies was done away with in 1989. But we are still having some companies which are enjoying that monopoly. I would urge the Government to encourage new distributors of power to come in, so that KP can face competition and try to bring the cost of power down. The cost of power in this country is very high. Even, sometimes, there is the fuel levy which is charged by KP. It is very high. Sometimes, the levy is at the same level with the power consumed. So, if we can have other companies coming in, they would come up with ways and means of reducing the cost of power in this country. If the cost of power and distribution can be enhanced, many companies and other industries can be intitiated in the rural areas. The cost of power is too punitive that no one may want to start an industry in the rural areas. So, I support this Motion and urge KP to pay compensation to those whose homes and industries have been affected by fires because of power outages. Sometimes, power outages impoverish people or citizens. Therefore, I think it is high time that KP thinks of compensating those affected homes and factories. With those few remarks, I beg to support. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Cheboi): Let us have hon. Njomo."
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