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    "id": 371856,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/371856/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Musyoka Musau",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion that we, indeed, need to liberalise the power distribution market; at the same time we should also hold Kenya Power (KP) accountable for carelessness in doing their business. Some of these issues are not new to us. In addition to the catastrophes that are caused by power failures and outages, there is also the cost of doing business. There are also the inconveniences that are caused to users of electricity by this body. In the name of some clauses in its documents it can actually shut down power. It can deny you access to power for a whole day. We need to look at this issue holistically. I think this Motion raises so many fundamental issues that it cannot actually be amended to tackle all the pertinent issues without really changing its initial goal. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me tell you that I sit on the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communications and Information, and this Motion really seeks to liberalise power distribution. The causes of the high cost of electricity are many. There is generation, transmission and distribution. As things are right now, we can say that power generation is not really a preserve of KP, because there are so many players in the market. On transmission of power, we have Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) and the KP. I think we should think about liberalising this market fully in generation, transmission and distribution as opposed to just distribution. For achievement of Vision 2030 we are talking of 5,000 megawatts. Right now we are only generating 1.7 gigawatts; some of these estimates keep on actually being revised because demand goes on rising. The truth is that we need more than 15 gigawatts of power to meet our goals. With the kind of steps and lack of commitment that we have been able to see, it is not going to be easy for us to hit 6 megawatts leave alone this 6 gigawatts we are talking about."
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