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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "content": "also want to see that a community which can come together and generate its power can get ownership and benefit by selling to KP. On the issue of compensation, we have seen long lines belonging to the KETRACO passing through several farms. Even if it is a half or a quarter of an acre, those people need to be compensated. There needs to be a comprehensive compensation plan for those people who are displaced around those areas where hydro-power is generated. We need to discourage the issue of people getting licences and later speculating on them and selling them without the locals being involved. We have seen this in areas where there is petroleum exploration. People already have licences without the knowledge of the community and they are selling them to investors. We need to be very careful so that the locals are not exploited. I am concerned about the many bodies which are created by this Bill to regulate the energy sector. They are four. They are the Energy Regulatory Commission, the Energy and Petroleum Tribunal, the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation and the Energy and Petroleum Institute. They are very many and they go against the Government’s initiative of bringing down the number of parastatals because of the planning and administration costs. We also want to see that Kenyans can apply for power and KP can install it in their houses or business premises without paying installation fee. We want the installation fee to be put in the monthly bills so that Kenyans can pay it progressively. If you apply for electricity connection to your premise now, KP will give you a quotation of a connection fee of over Kshs1 million. Very many people are discouraged and we want to do away with the connection fee. We want it to be included in the monthly bills so that we can have as many Kenyans as possible connected. I am happy that we are creating the Energy and Petroleum Institute. This is a very important institute because we also want to see our young professionals and students come up with this knowledge, skills and expertise so that when we generate electricity or get into petroleum exploration, we can have our own experts who are trained in this institute. If you visit the areas where oil is being explored, you will find very many expatriates. I am happy that we are creating an institute which will train Kenyans. With the introduction of amendments at a later stage, this Bill is going to assist very many Kenyans. This is especially on revenue generation and the corporate social responsibility which is coming with this Bill. I support."
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