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    "id": 629616,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Ng’ang’a",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "economy. We must ensure that electricity is cheap and sufficient. At the moment, many industries in our country would like to compete with other industries from outside Kenya, but the cost of production is very high. We should minimise that cost. I do not see where we went wrong. Kenya is capable of producing enough energy. We have all the resources such as lakes and streams. The provisions of this Bill will ensure that we rectify where we went wrong. Other than electricity produced from water, we should embark on the production of geothermal energy, which is cheaper. There is plenty of geothermal energy in Nakuru County, particularly in the Menengai Crater and the lower zone of Naivasha. We should put more effort to ensure that enough power is spread across the country. I do not want to see a situation whereby places such as Lamu or North Eastern are using fuel instead of electricity. We should not do that since we have enough power and no part of the nation should be discriminated against. Where we feel that it is productive, we must ensure that the residents of that area also benefit from it like other Kenyans. Majority of the people are running away from rural areas to major towns to look for employment. Why can they not be employed in their native lands? Many Kenyans are well educated and have travelled worldwide. They are knowledgeable, but cannot implement some things. I do not know how we shall solve this problem. We are very good policy makers and eloquent in talking. We come up with good master plans and policies, but when it comes to implementing them, they are dropped somewhere and we forget about them. We keep on repeating ourselves year after year. This is not the first time this Bill is being debated in this House. Why do we waste a lot of time and energy discussing something, but when it is taken to the relevant department for implementation, it is dumped there? We should get people who are committed and ready to serve this nation. Those who are not willing should pave the way for those who are eager to serve. It pains me a lot to see some people in very senior Government positions who instead of discharging their duties diligently, they just sit and everything goes wrong. That is why we have an outcry of corruption. We should be patriotic Kenyans regardless of party affiliations. We should think as patriotic Kenyans who are here to serve this nation and make it a better place for our future generations who will say that when so and so was in Parliament, such things happened. I want to leave a legacy in this Parliament. If we are not careful, we might leave a legacy of having not come up with good policy to be implemented. As I wind up, I would also challenge consumers. Let us try to educate the consumers to save the little energy that we have. When it comes to usage of energy from whatever source, there is a lot of wastage. People are paying huge bills for energy which they could have saved and paid less. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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