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    "id": 611544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "It is a very risky and expensive investment. We have no reason whatsoever, as a country, to expose Kenyans to the threat of nuclear energy radiation. The trend the world over, even with those who have invested in nuclear energy like the United States of America (USA), India and Germany, is to now invest in green energy or what we call soft energy or renewable energy. This is because of the threats and the cost involved. In the past when nuclear energy was developed, the knowledge or the technologies used in developing renewable energy like solar, wind, geothermal, biogas and hydro were not well-developed. That is why they invested largely in nuclear energy. Today, with the kind of knowledge that we have in the world and the state of the art technologies that are available to humanity, we have no reason whatsoever to invest in nuclear energy. In particular, Kenya, having been blessed by God with so much sun, wind, potential for geothermal sources of energy and biogas development, has no reason even to contemplate about the production of nuclear energy. This country is blessed. We have these alternatives, which are green energy. In Turkana, a company that is working in northern Kenya is able to produce over 300 Megawatts of reliable low cost energy from wind. They are investing over Euros 620 million to do this. There are many others like the Chinese, Americans and Europeans who were in Marsabit a week ago with the strategic goal of investing in wind energy. Since we have alternatives and better options than the rest of the world, we have no reason to invest in nuclear energy. Nuclear power plant accidents that have happened in the world such as in Japan in 2011, in Ukraine, at Chernobyl in 1986 and Alabama, USA, in 1975 to mention a few, have led to catastrophic impacts on the environment, properties and humans at large. Those countries had very few options. Due to winter seasons, they have very few months of sunshine. They do not have a good wind regime as we do here. They have very little potential for developing geothermal sources of energy. Even for hydro energy, it is very limited. We have those alternatives and potentials. Nuclear energy is one development that we should never take. I strongly oppose the development of nuclear power plants in this country. It is well known that terrorists strategically use power plants as a tool to enhance their evil work all over the world. The terror attacks that happened in Iran and Iraq in 1980, Spain in 1979, South Africa in 1982 and lately in Israel in 1991 are just a few examples where terrorists have used nuclear power plants as a tool to enhance and advance their terror attacks on humanity. In Kenya, we live in a terror haven. We have the Al Shabaab here and many other groups which are willing to destroy this country. We 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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