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    "id": 372186,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "In terms of maintenance, we are aware that Kenya Power does not have adequate capacity to maintain their installations any time there is interruption. We are all aware that sometimes in this country when the core of the power generation and distribution is affected the entire country gets into darkness and hence poses a security risk to the nation as a whole. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as it is now, we have minerals in Kwale; we have titanium. We have been told that titanium cannot be processed locally and we cannot add value to it locally because we do not have enough energy to do the processing. We cannot as a nation, add value locally because we do not have adequate and reliable power. I am supporting this Motion so that we can have competition so that we can as well be effective. If we have an alternative source of power, it will mean that, in case the lines from the Kenya Power cannot work, we can still have continuation of operations. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my constituency, we have 15 micro hydro-power stations; small hydro-power stations in the rivers which are generating power. I support this Motion because I would like hydro-power stations to be given the authority and the legal mandate to distribute the power that they generate. Right now, they are generating the power but they cannot distribute it because they have to feed it to the grid. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have reached the technology era. In the digital Government, which I support as a TNA and Jubilee hon. Member, we need to have access to power in many households. If we have household having power, we can have some people running their consultancies and businesses from their homes. If we have access to power, even micro and small enterprises will not have to go to the city centre and high expensive offices because they can operate from their homes. This may help to decongest the cities and achieve much more in terms of efficiency. If it is for these reasons which I have mentioned, I will support the liberalization of power supply so that Kenya Power could be more efficient and competitive. With those remarks, I support."
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