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    "id": 611545,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611545/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "do not even have the capacity like others to manage these terrorists. That is why we have been victims many times in this country. Building a nuclear power plant basically means that we are giving terrorists opportunities to destroy humanity and our country. Disposing of the hazardous wastes that emanate from nuclear power plants is a major problem. Even countries like the USA, Germany and India who have developed nuclear power plants have not, up to today, managed to dispose of those hazardous wastes. It is a problem in our environment and one that we have lived with for many years. We do not need any other problem. Green energy to support a green economy is the way to go. That is the path the entire world is taking today. Having been blessed with wind, solar, hydro power, biogas and geothermal sources of energy, we should not consider at all investing in nuclear power plants, which condition people with no alternatives to invest in, in other parts of the world. We are different and we should work with our development partners. We have Chinese who are willing to invest in wind energy in this country. The Europeans are already investing over Euros 620 million in Marsabit County, hoping to generate about 300 Megawatts of reliable wind energy. There are others who are going to do the same in the near future. Technology in the world is so advanced. I was in China a few months ago with the Governor of a certain county and other leaders, to see the potential and the kind of energy that has been developed in the recent past both in Europe, America and China. They have produced so much wind energy using some of the best turbines in the world today. Because of that, we are able to generate more energy from wind and other reliable sources of energy than we have ever done in the past. We have an advanced technology, it was available and the whole world is willing to invest in it. That is why when we develop wind and solar energy, we even get carbon credits from the United Nation (UN) bodies, the World Bank and many other international lenders. Because of that, I do not think this is an option. I would really call upon our Government to disband the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board right away. The intention of developing nuclear energy in this country is not necessary and we should not even waste a shilling of taxpayers’ money on this board which has no time in Kenya today."
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