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    "content": "colleague from Turkana who spoke before me, I also represent a constituency that does not have electricity in any part. We have children in primary and secondary schools, who are expected to compete with children in other parts of this country, yet they use candles and other poor forms of lighting to study in the evenings. There exist various models of the liberalization of power generation and distribution across the world. If we adopt this Motion and draft a Bill to be brought before this House, and enact a law that allows power generation and distribution by independent bodies other than Kenya Power, many parts of this country will be lit as power will be plentiful. In Garissa County, particularly in Balambala Constituency, we are blessed with abundance of the ability to generate renewable energy such as solar and wind. Unfortunately because power supply has been monopolized by the Kenya Power and KenGen, we cannot tap these resources. Therefore, liberalizing power generation and distribution will enable us to bring in investors who will generate power using these renewable energy sources and distribute it at an affordable price to the residents of my part of the country, and. indeed, to many other parts of the country where we have problems similar to those in Turkana. I support this Motion. The monopoly being enjoyed by the Kenya Power in energy distribution and by KenGen in energy generation is not sustainable and will hold our country back for many years. Indeed, we need to break that cartel and monopoly and allow independent power suppliers and generators into the market, so that the whole of Kenya can be lit. As my colleague from Turkana has said, security can be maintained in many parts of this country. The district headquarters in Balambala Constituency, which is Balambala Town, is not lit at all. The administration and communications facilities in that district are at a standstill because of lack of power. Power generation and distribution monopoly should be taken away from the monopoly of the Kenya Power and independent power generators and other distributors should be allowed into the market. I support the Motion."
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