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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In that connection I will try to be very brief so that at least an hon. Member proceeds in the manner that you have proposed. We were in a conversation with hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo and I think he wanted us to proceed that way. Let me be very brief so that we do not waste parliamentary time. I would like to say three things. One, I would like to thank hon. (Eng.) Gumbo who highlighted the reasons why we cannot go the way of nuclear energy. It is expensive, technical and risk averse. He describes very well in his amendment the reasons why Kenya as a country cannot afford to move in that direction. The thing I like about his amendment is the fact that he would like us to shift attention towards development of green energy so that we are not really saying no to prospecting for nuclear energy. We just need to shift our attention to where Kenya has comparative advantage. There is a lot of sunshine in this country. There is a lot of wind and there is a lot of biomass. So if we, as a country, put our resources to the sunlight in Kenya, to the wind in Kenya, I think we will not be engaging in a lot of wasting of funds in the manner of establishing nuclear energy and nuclear power. I think the best we can do is to rethink and move in the manner that my colleagues have suggested. One, let us establish a green energy board or if you want to call it the sunlight board or the wind board so that we have more of our money and more of our thoughts going towards the idea of green energy as opposed to nuclear energy. This is because it is expensive because of the various reasons my colleagues have canvassed and it is going take more of our water. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I would like to be brief so that my other colleagues can then conclude debating this particular matter. We are all on the same page; to disband the KNEB and also move in the manner of green energy."
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