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    "speaker_name": "October 8, 2015 SENATE DEBATES 15 Sen. Mwakulegwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In terms of the future power supply stability in West Pokot County, I have given elaborate programmes that will stabilize the power supply. I would request the distinguished Senator that if in future the power supply is not stabilized, then I am more than willing to talk to the Kenya Power and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to make sure that power supply, not only to West Pokot but the entire country is stabilized in terms of supply. The Senate Minority Leader had stated that power supply in Western Kenya is unstable. I would want to go to the Ministry to be able to give a more detailed answer to this because it is a new question. Therefore, I need some time to do that. In terms of reliability of power especially when he said the wooden poles and the concrete ones will not improve supply of power, what happens with the wooden poles is that when termites eat the poles, they fall and interfere with the power supply. In terms of the schools being supplied with power, the Government’s undertaking was that by the end of this financial year, all schools will be connected and the ones off the grid will be supplied with solar panels to make sure all learning institutions are supplied with power. From my own county and the ones I have visited, about 80 per cent to 90 per cent of schools that are on the grid have been connected. It is only the ones who are off the grid that the Government is yet to do that. Sen. Kagwe had asked that the Government had an ambitious plan of producing 5,000 megawatts so that it can improve the reliability of power supply. I think the programme is on course. As they stated, they have been able to put 370 megawatts to the national grid which has improved the reliability of power supply. There are ongoing plans to ensure Olkaria I and II and other initiatives to improve, especially the Lamu Coal Plant which has delayed due to some other problems, but the Government is on plan and in 40 months, they were to give us 5,000 megawatts. You have seen some improvement and we need them to do more but we are seeing some gradual improvement when it comes to reliability."
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