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    "id": 611567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "The Government should not completely stop the investment in nuclear, but it should go further and look at other green energy sources. For instance, in my constituency we have got very big rivers which flow through my constituency and there are people who want to set up small power stations along the river. However, for lack of funding they cannot do it. If this Motion can be turned into a Bill then those small people who want to produce power can be given investment funds so that at least they can supplement what the Government is doing. The Government on its own cannot do everything and we need private enterprises. We need to look at how we can improve the generation of electricity or green energy. When I was going towards Ngong the other day, I saw wind mills. My constituency which borders Mount Kenya can have wind energy being harnessed. So, this is a good Motion. The Government should take note of this. Wasting a lot of money on establishing a nuclear plant is not in the best interest of this country. We can get better energy which can be done in each and every part of the country. If we can harness the potential we have got in each and every county and constituency, we can go very far in fulfilling the energy requirements of our country. Regarding the development of nuclear energy, the nuclear waste, like the e-waste we are talking about in computers, is even worse. If it does get to the people on the ground it will not be very good because we do not have the capability of containing the radiation as well as what hon. Chachu Ganya said. If the nuclear plant gets into the wrong hands like the Al-Shabaab or any terrorist organisation, you can imagine what catastrophe we would have. We will be blown into oblivion and this country will be no more. So, I would want to support this Motion and I would ask hon. Ottichilo to maybe see how we can convert it into a Bill. I would ask the Government, once it is done, to look at how the people downstream can be funded so that they can create more energy and let the water not go to waste. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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