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    "content": "change in this country. I am here as a legislator and a representative of a whole constituency. I want to imagine the day when we will have power in my constituency, county and the whole country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no street lighting and we have come up with different ways of ensuring that there is power in this country. I want to congratulate the Nairobi City Government because it is using solar to light streets. I want to ensure that in my five or 10 year’s service to my constituency, we will have street lights. I want to promise my people of Kibwezi East that we are going to work with the Government, regardless of whether it is by Jubilee Coalition. I was surprised yesterday here when one of the hon. Members talked about when they go to State House, they come out with different versions in mind. I hope we are Independent and we should have good advisors. We should be people to give advice. It does not matter where we sit. There is no government in this House at all; we are legislators! Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when there is monopoly by parastatals and Government institutions prices become very high. For example, the cost for power connection is around Kshs70, 000, thanks to the rural electrification programme. The people of Kenya cannot afford this amount, given their purchasing power and the state of the economy and high unemployment level for the youth; an example is in my constituency. Where will we ever say we are moving to if we are not able to distribute power? The main aim of this Motion is to increase access to electricity in urban, peri- urban and rural areas; we want to improve efficiency, reliability and the quality of service. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President talked about laptops; we are talking about giving computers. I wonder how schools will access power in my own constituency. As much as we advise, it is also important for the Government to provide the basics. Before you go to number 10, you have to start from number one. I am sure this is one of the way of ensuring that even before we give computers to schools, we start providing them with power. I want to look forward to the day when we will have distribution of power. Thank you."
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