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    "content": "There are cottage industries that can apparently be run with even a single phase, though at a small level. It is true that the wage bill in our country is high, because when you talk about Kshs450 billion, it is a very high figure to be used on salaries and other benefits. My view on that is that the Government has parastatals that are supposed to be generating profits. Most of them are not making any profits because of poor management. It is important that the Government hires the right personnel to ensure that those parastatals make money. A lot of privatization was done in our country and I do not think that it was healthy. This is because some of the people who bought those organizations ended up either running them down or selling them off. Some of them were interested only in the land. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President has also merged Ministries, meaning that – from what we have in his Speech - they have been reduced to 18. I believe that, that is, of course, one way of reducing the wage bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to energy, in my county, we are able to give or provide the country the best type of eco-friendly electricity that is called geothermal. There are challenges that people in my county have that touch on this particular line. One of them is that the turbines that are being run to provide this type of electricity make a lot of noise. So, I would request the Geothermal Development Company (GDC) to ensure that they fix silencers, because there are people who live close to these stations and are unable to sleep because of the noise that those turbines make. I would also request, as a sign of goodwill, that people in Nakuru County be given electricity and a facility which will enable them pay for connection in installments. I am requesting that this be given as goodwill to the people because of the natural resource that comes from their county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is also the element of the constitutional requirement on youth employment in any factory or stations, for example, the geothermal units. It talks about a certain percentage. I would apparently request that, that percentage be applied in our county. There is also the issue of infrastructure---"
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