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    "id": 634108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/634108/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am happy that Part VI of the Bill talks about renewable energy and gives a sense of ownership to those who are going to generate electricity. For a number of years, the KP has been enjoying monopoly of power distribution and retailing. With the new Bill, we are giving way to many investors so that they can generate power without the KP necessarily being the corporation with the monopoly. It also gives the country and investors an opportunity to invest in renewable energy such as hydro-power. Kenya is blessed with many rivers. Some of them like Tana, Embobut and Rori in my constituency, if this Bill is passed and utilised properly, Kenya will have a lot of hydro-power. In terms of tariffs, they are sometimes crazy. Many Kenyans are given bills which are not theirs. You will find that you have been given a bill that has charges equivalent to those charged on a factory. With this Bill, I am sure that going by the feed-in tariff, Kenyans are going to get exactly what they have consumed. Apart from the tariffs and the billing, there is also the part of the REA, which will be called “the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation”. We have been following up with REA because of connection of power to our schools. With REA in place, very many schools have been connected with electricity. However, not the whole country has been connected. I am happy that over 50 per cent of our schools are connected with power. However, not all the schools in Kenya are connected. I still have a challenge in some areas of my constituency. Such problems are also experienced in the rural parts of the country, especially in pastoralist areas."
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