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    "content": "That way, people will move and read from the same page and there will be no contradictions. It makes it easy and possible for cascading, implementation and for those plans to take place. Indeed, we should look at the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs). It is also important that we empower the county assemblies especially the Committees that deal with natural resources so that they are able to do proper mapping of the resources that they have within their counties. After they have done the mapping, they should try to find a status quo report of how far they have gone in terms of exploitation of those resources. It will be unfortunate if we leave out the MCAs and members of the communities in this process. They should be part and parcel of those specific plans. Under various Government obligations, one obligation that is critical is that, at the end of the day, we should provide affordable energy services. Long gone are the days when people were in darkness in some of the regions while others were enjoying the light. We have the bright light theory where people come to town to enjoy the light. Later on, in the Bill, there is emphasis on rural electrification and processes to ensure that it becomes real. There has been progress of up to 20 per cent of work in the rural areas but we still have other rural areas that have a problem in installing electricity. It does not take rocket scientist to decipher the co-relation between certain energy sources being affordable and available and development. We will have problems if we are not able to quickly use the energy, the light, factories and manufacturing to catapult ourselves into development. This will mean ensuring that the manufacturing sector is taken care of. It will also ensure that we go into a more mechanized agricultural system in the areas. Once we are able to put these all together, we will see the changes that have taken place just like in the introduction of technology in agriculture which has an implication on food security. It has an implication for general development and the way forward. Having affordable energy services spread as evenly and as equally as possible is something encouraging so that we do not have certain areas and regions moving faster than others. This Bill also establishes a regulatory commission which will regulate the generation, importation and the distribution of various resources including crude oil and other energy resources. That particular commission will protect the interests of consumers, investors and other stakeholders. They have to be taken care of so that the interests of the people who are investing or consuming are known and are well articulated. It also aims to develop guidelines and applicable treaties, conventions and protocols affecting the energy sector in consultation with statutory authorities, except those relating to nuclear energy. The part of ensuring that all these provisions and guidelines are given within a framework of the treaties and conventions that exists is critical. There is the issue of ensuring that a level of coordination exists so that as we implement national energy, there is a sense of efficiency, conservation and the action plan. I have also talked about bringing in the various stake holders for the various considerations and deliberations. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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