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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion and as I do that, I wish to register my complaint to the Members of the Committee because what we are now starting to walk on as a Senate, we are now walking on the road for the Senate that Kenyans want, a Senate that will just go beyond just talking about the issue of division of revenue and how we share out the wealth of the nation. Kenyans would like to see a Senate that is debating the possibilities and ways of expanding the common wealth of the Republic of Kenya. Indeed, the Report of the Committee has given us exactly that. We are now thinking in the direction of making electricity cheaper by exploiting other sources of energy and in fact, going to the extent of exporting that energy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a Motion like this, one cannot help but condemn the high cost of electricity. It is so high and that is why there is need for the National Assembly to appropriate more funds to go towards research in our teaching and research institutions like the universities so that alternative sources of energy are discovered and explored. That would be money spent in the right direction. I have in mind geothermal energy, solar energy and power alcohol or ethanol. These are areas of research where if we fund our universities sufficiently, then you will find that places that produce sugar cane like Kakamega, Kisumu and Bungoma counties will then end up being the net producers of power alcohol that will go a long way in powering our motor vehicles with the resultant effects that we will be spending less money in running our transport system. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I thank the Members of this Committee, I also want to thank God. God was so kind to us that he made Africa the richest continent in terms of mineral resource in the whole world. There is no other continent in the world that competes with Africa but it is so sad that having been so well resourced with minerals, leaders of the African nation have used this great wealth of our continent in negotiating for contracts that benefit them and their families as individuals. Most of the African members of OPEC are some of the poorest countries in the world. If you go to countries in West Africa which produce oil, the people have nothing to show for the oil that has been there for years. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Senate would be interested to know that time has now come when we should refuse that Kenya does not walk the same route that other African states have walked because the best that this country will get is 5 per cent. They get 5 per cent in form of royalties and the various incentives that the multinational oil exploration companies offer. This means that if one barrel of crude oil costs US$100, at the end of day the African countries, on one barrel, will make only US$5 while the multinationals make US$95. I was reading around and I wonder if you had an opportunity to look at the letters, it is a sad account. It is an analytical journalism of how the so-called rich countries will 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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