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    "id": 788303,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Part V of the Bill deals with coal exploration development. Coal has been defined to include many things: bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite and many others. The whole of this part deals with how we use and develop coal in order to generate power. Part VI deals with electrical energy, how we have to provide for the licencing of electricity transmission and distribution. We have very many companies in the country owned wholly or substantially by the Government. The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KENGEN) is in generation; Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) is in the business of transmission; and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is in the business of distribution to customers. Part VI deals with electrical energy in how we provide the licencing of electricity generation; how we provide licences to those who want to do transmission; and how we deal with the distribution network which is the KPLC. Hon. Speaker, this Part VI also sets out certain specific provisions relating to rural electrification, retail supply of electrical energy and electrical installation. This is about the Last Mile Connectivity (LMC). It is only under this Government that the Rural Electrification Programme (REA) has reached each and every village – the LMC as they call it. Let us be honest. Three successive governments combined - the government of the late President Kenyatta; the government of President Moi; and the government of President Kibaki - have connected less than 2.1 million Kenyan households with electricity. But, in five years, the fourth President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has connected more than 3.9 million Kenyan households with electricity. Some of us come from regions and families that lived in Kenya. We know that for you to get power in your house, you had to belong to a certain class of society. With the handshake, we can now agree on some issues and disagree on others. Uhuru Kenyatta’s government of five years under the Jubilee administration will be remembered for lighting up very remote villages and poor houses whether in slum areas or rural areas. We cannot deny him that. Yes, you can deny Uhuru Kenyatta anything else but 3.5 million extra Kenyan households have been connected with electricity. I am sure he will connect more than 5 million Kenyan households in his last term. A Somali hut is called herio. It is not permanent. They are some even in Budalangi. It is a makeshift that can rarely stay for one month. After one month, the guy puts it on top of his camel The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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