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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me say that the cost of electricity is not high because of non-liberalisation of the distribution of power. Today, we have 1.7 gigawatts of power against the 400 megawatts actually generated by Independent Power Producers (IPPs); this is really categorised as emergency power or thermal power. These 400 megawatts are actually more expensive than the 1.7 gigawatts, and it is just because of cartels. Today, for the electricity that is generated by KenGen, I kilowatt hour is going for Kshs3.6, yet we have independent producers who have been given deals to supply I kilowatt hour at Kshs37. So, when you look at Kshs3.6 against Kshs37, it does not make sense and it is not going to take us anywhere. This is one of the things that have actually caused slow growth in our exploitation of our geothermal resources. By converting the steam that we have at KenGen right now, we can easily get more than 400 megawatts, which is actually the thermal power that we have been getting from the IPPs that make our power very expensive. So, why has the Government allowed itself to be exploited? Even beyond that, we are paying for hydro capacity. If these IPPS---"
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