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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want your guidance. As we embark on public participation, is there a criterion this House can adopt and use such that when Members of a Committee serve, we do so in the national interest and not our own? We all have constituencies and communities’ interests, but the overriding principle should be that of national interest. Therefore, I would have expected the Departmental Committee on Energy to spend much more time in, say, Loiyangalani, Garissa and Marsabit where there is wind power. There is also the Lake Turkana power project that is almost collapsing. There are areas in Kikuyu in Nachu where there is huge renewable energy potential. There is also Limuru which Hon. Peter Mwathi represents. There is actually an area they have christened Mwanya wa Ruhuho which translates to a valley of wind. Those who have flown across Suswa Valley in choppers or in light aircraft can tell how strong the wind is around Limuru, specifically the Kikuyu Escarpment towards Suswa. The Chairman has clearly articulated that the people they went to meet, for instance in Nakuru Town East, or in Suswa, had no idea on what public participation is. Had they come to Kikuyu and Limuru where there is Mwanya wa Ruhuho they would have met people who have knowledge about wind energy."
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