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    "id": 400824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/400824/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for recognizing me and allowing me to contribute to this Motion. I take this opportunity to support the Motion and thank the Chairman of this Committee, Sen. Moi, who has provided focused and able leadership to the Committee, to which I and other Senators are members. Since we were elected to this Committee, we have done a lot in monitoring the activities in the entire energy spectrum including the electricity, coal and now nuclear. The purpose of this visit, as stated in the report, was to allow us to learn lessons from the Korean model of utilizing nuclear power for industrial and economic development, to expose Kenyan policy makers to the opportunities that nuclear energy offers to a country’s prosperity; to explore the opportunities available from bilateral cooperation with Korea and to enhance the understanding of the policy makers on the fundamental aspects of nuclear power programmes, especially, the importance of public stakeholder engagement during new phases of nuclear programmes. I am happy that it was during my tenure as the Minister for Energy that we established the nuclear power projects for the first time in the history of Kenya. The reason why we did it was because Kenya is like 100th person as far as nuclear energy is concerned. People talk about Africa as a dark continent. However, indeed, it is literally a dark continent because we do not generate enough electricity. Much of our electricity, in fact, 70 per cent, used to come from hydro sources. However, there have been frequent cycles of devastating droughts in this country, which have, at times, cut our hydro The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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