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    "id": 611518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makenga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Makenga Katemi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you are aware, development of green energy offers the opportunity for clean, safe and reliable energy supply to the country. Development of green energy should be encouraged in this country. Kenya is blessed with abundance of sun, wind and geothermal resources that should be fully utilised to ensure that domestic energy needs are met. We should also create surplus to export to our neighbours. For instance, 10 per cent of the target renewable energy suggested by the World Summit on Sustainable Development has been met in Kenya and on the electricity front by geothermal power. This clearly shows there is immense potential of the country’s renewable energy resources. In Kenya, we have untapped resources such as PVT and CHP types of energy, and power can be generated purely from PV and then T, which is photovoltaic and thermal energy as well as CHP, which is combined heat recovery. These types of energy are purely green. If they are encouraged in the country, we will produce sustainable energy, which can bring development. Shortage of power in this country is enormous. Many investors may not want to come and invest in our country simply because of the cost of power. Also, the availability and sustainability of power is not guaranteed. Therefore, it is important that the country comes up with ways of encouraging production of this renewable and sustainable energy. We can have renewable energy, which is variable. We need to have sustainable energy since if it is a question of supplying power, the power is guaranteed. We need not produce, for instance, about 100 megawatts and at the end of the day consume about 60 or 40 megawatts. It is important that sustainable development of renewable energy is encouraged. A legal framework should be provided to guide the sector to ensure that there is harmonious co-existence with the nation’s development agenda. Other closely related laws like environmental laws should also be put in place. There should also be policies on the funding of the sector and the development of technical capacity. In Kenya, we need to enhance green energy to significantly reduce the cost of energy. That has already come The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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