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    "id": 630335,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "The other issue that comes out clearly in this Bill is that there is a proper provision of law in relation to the way electricity tariffs, contracting and wayleaves are going to be done either by the Government or the agencies of the Government. The new regime should also ensure that there is clear thinking around how one will approach matters to do with compensation if his or her land is being utilised for purposes of distribution. But most succinctly is the issue around billing that has been a key challenge in this country. Most Kenyans will agree with me that sometimes you doubt because electricity metre boxes are not read. Some people just guess and estimate how much electric power a household would consume. You will find that disparity in the high end estates. Bills are usually higher in comparison to the ones in the low end and this has nothing to do with consumption. In a country like the UK, where I have been privileged to be a resident, metres are very accurate. Nobody steals a shilling from you. I have also noted a very interesting scenario and Kenyans will agree with me, that around the month of August electricity bills in this country are usually higher than other months. It is actually calculated. Even Members of Parliament will agree with me. So, meter reading and billing of electricity in this country is fictitious to a certain extent. Therefore, I hope and believe that with the advent of new technologies and with this Bill, we are going to have a more robust regime. In fact, there has been an assertion that when it comes to prepaid metres, KenGen and KP seem to have been losing revenue. That then tells you that this system has not been good and, therefore, Kenyans have been exploited. 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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