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    "content": "In my constituency – and I believe that is the case facing all of us here – KP has recently raised the fees from Kshs35,000 – as has been stated by the Deputy Speaker – to Kshs75,000, I believe for one-phase, two-phase or three-phase. That applies to the clients who had paid that fee even before the fee was raised. There are no such contracts in law. Once you have paid the contract to connect electricity, it becomes valid. So, whether you had paid before the fee was raised, they have created an illegality and they are seeking those who had paid to pay the extra sum, so that they can have a total of Kshs75,000. We need to urge immediate investigations. The Thika Office, for example, is most inefficient in terms of handling even applications. The first applications, once they are taken to the office, an assessment of Kshs800,000 for a rural home will be given to an applicant. So, in most cases, they are put off and they go back in shock and panic. I say that because I have a case in point. When I wanted to connect a three-bedroomed rural home – my late mother’s rural home – six years ago, the quotation was Kshs900,000 from Kenya Power and Lighting Company. When I went back to find out what is the problem, it was brought down to, I believe, something like Kshs400,000. Then I said: That is not practical. I do not have an industry and I do not intend to go beyond domestic usage. Eventually, a quotation of Kshs48,000 for a two-phase was given. So, we cannot expect to spur economic growth with that kind of approach and attitude. That agency is still living in the old constitutional dispensation and has no intention of waking up or changing its habits or work ethics. I have several applications and payments for people in my constituency who have been told: Unless they give the additional sum, the connection will not occur. If there were alternatives, then one would seek a refund and go to other power providers."
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