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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "cheaper. Due to the short-term problems that we were experiencing then, and because we were unable to foretell what the future had in store for us, the independent power producers charged the Government about five times of what the cost of electricity should have been. There is now massive investment in geothermal energy, which looks expensive at the moment. However, in the long-term, it is will be cheap. Initially, imaging building a road like the Thika Superhighway looked very expensive but if you take into account the convenience such infrastructure brings, and consider the long-term benefits, it becomes cost-effective. I believe that we have alternative sources of energy, like geothermal and hydro as well as massive wind power potential spread across the country. When we had uncertainty at that particular moment, we were looking at a number of options. That is how the corporation that hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy referred to came into existence. Now that we see light at the end of the tunnel, with these other sources of energy, given that geothermal power is going to be produced in large quantities; there will be no need for us to venture into nuclear energy production. This Motion should also be an eye opener to the sector at the moment. This is because Kenya Power is using old technology. That is why whenever there is a little drizzle of rain, like it happened yesterday, we start experiencing power outages. Therefore, if this Motion is well handled, it will help us to cover quite a number of aspects that we need to cover. However, we should project ourselves in the long-term future and not the short-term so that we can spread the cost of our programmes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the wind energy we talk about, as a Government, I do not think we have really had some kind of concerted effort to do it. The northern part of the country is very windy and we can trap this and then we put it in the national grid. I believe that the Motion is timely. We always say timely but it would have been much better if it was earlier but for now we can say it is timely. As a country we have woken up. From the year 2003, we have been woken up from the slumber we were in. For example, you can see the economy at that time was Kshs283 billion but today we are talking about Kshs1.7 trillion or Kshs1.8 trillion. So there are a lot of prospects and I congratulate hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo. I support the Motion."
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