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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion by my brother and neighbour in Vihiga County, hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo. This Motion is very loaded because at the beginning, the Mover explained in a very good manner why he felt that we do not need nuclear energy in this country. He talked about the disadvantages, cost and so on. It is a milestone because when you come at the end of it, what hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo is suggesting, which should be the case; makes a lot of sense. As we talked about Vision 2030, we needed to put measures in place for us to be able to achieve our objectives. Hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy has talked about something that we brought here in the last Parliament. There was a Motion on the issue of hydroelectric power. We talked about quite a number of rivers we have in this country. It was very interesting because there are quite a number of rivers from which we can generate power. The only problem we were looking at then was the issue of cost. However, when we were looking at the cost at that particular moment, we were not looking for how long into the future. If the cost is spread across many years, it becomes very cheap. For example, in 2000, we had a lot of problems of electricity to an extent that we had to put in place some short-term measures, which involved engaging some independent power producers. We were in a crisis. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason as to why up to now power is expensive in this country is that the independent power producers entered into long-term contracts with the Government. They quoted very high prices because we were in a crisis. They were holding the Government by the neck. So, we got into some contracts, which are still running. When electricity used to be produced by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), before we got into those contracts, it was comparatively 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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