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    "id": 788383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "As a country, we aspire to be an industrialised nation by 2030 as per the Vision 2030. For us to achieve that, we must have reliable, affordable and efficient sources of energy. If we look at the current situation, the majority of Kenyans rely on biomass as their source of energy. This is putting a lot of strain on our forests. In the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, where I sit, we are struggling to see how best we can achieve the minimum 10 per cent forest cover which we need to have as per the provisions of our current Constitution. That particular aspiration is undermined by the fact that the majority of our people rely on wood fuel. This particular piece of legislation enables us as a country, to tap into the various sources of energy. It specifically puts a lot of emphasis on renewable sources of energy, which we have not exploited to the full potential. We have a lot of wind, solar and biomass in our country. These are the various sources of renewable energy which we have not made a lot of efforts to tap into. If you look at the Bill, it provides incentives to encourage private investors and researchers to come up with innovations which will enable us to generate energy from these sources so that we can have a mix of sources to power our economy. I particularly appreciate the importance of this legislation in enabling us to protect our biodiversity especially our plants as I have already mentioned. It also provides for feeding tariffs systems which is an important thing which can encourage generation of electricity by private power generators. Therefore, looking at the various provisions, the only area which the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy has alluded to, and we need to look at is Part IV, which relates to petroleum. Probably, various provisions need to be moved to the Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production Bill, which is under consideration by the same Committee. Overall, this is a very important Bill and it is also very timely in terms of enabling us to address the various challenges that the energy sector is facing in terms of generating energy from various sources and ensuring that the energy needs of Kenyans is met."
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