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    "id": 463868,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/463868/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Musyoka Musau",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, KPC is the single off-taker of all grid and off- grid power generated in the country. KenGen is the largest generator accounting for 70 per cent of the total capacity, with the rest coming from IPPs. It is expected that more private power generators will be procured through the Private Public Partnerships which are PPPs as the country implements the first tracked power generation programme of adding 5,000 plus megawatts to the national grid in the next 40 months. As to the comparison between the prices of the IPPs and those of other sources, the Committee established that electricity prices vary depending on the technology used. The Committee is in possession of a table showing tariff comparisons between KenGen and IPPs and Members are free to obtain the response from the Committee secretariat to appraise themselves with the matter. Hon. Deputy Speaker, finally, as to the measures, if any, that KenGen is taking to reduce the cost of power to Kenyans, I wish to confirm to the House that this is a key area of concern to the Committee. However, the Committee established that the Government is taking the following measures to reduce the cost of power:"
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