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    "id": 371836,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/371836/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sitati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Wanyama Sitati",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion with a lot of passion. Liberalization of production and distribution of electricity in this country is long overdue. This is because Kenya Power has totally taken its customers for granted. Its service to customers is very unsatisfactory. I want to believe that the attitude of the staff at Kenya Power is totally wrong. particularly in this era. I think that Kenya Power has not learnt from what happened to Telkom Kenya. In the days when Telkom Kenya was a monopoly in this country its services were very poor, and you could only get a line after bribing the staff. In this situation, if supply of electricity is liberalized by allowing other players to supply it, customers will get value for their money. Therefore, I want to encourage the hon. Member who brought this Motion not to stop here. Let us bring a Bill to this House and actually liberalize electricity supply, so that we can also achieve Vision 2030. Without electricity, we will not achieve it. Even though services by Kenya Power are unsatisfactory, they continue to be expensive and supply of power is frequently disrupted, especially where I come from. Our hospitals use electricity, but blackouts are rampant. Therefore, services that require electricity are never rendered. In the process, patients lose lives. It is important that we go another route. Let us give other players a chance to come in. That is the only time Kenya Power will wake up. I beg to support this Motion."
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