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    "id": 788420,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "complaints which the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is currently making efforts to resolve. With those two big plans - and I am sure in future we could improve - we will generate more electricity. We also have serious coal reserves in Kitui County, which, once mined, can also be used to generate electricity. It can supplement the current electricity production and is cheaper because it is generated through heating water systems which in turn produce electricity. There is also the issue of clean energy, namely, the use of solar and wind energy. If we keep on using diesel-generated energy, we will pollute the environment. This had not been covered properly in the past. Now it has been regulated. The Government is investing in wind and solar energy in many areas. There is a very big effort to take electricity to many homes and parts of the country under the Last Mile Connectivity Programme. It has not been very effective because of the infrastructure and the expense. I know the World Bank is working with the Kenyan Government and there is a good effort to make sure that each Kenyan home gets electricity. As much as there is an effort to take electricity to homes of Members of Parliament, I have remained on record as telling the residents of Makueni, where there is a big effort to take electricity to every home, that I will be the last one to be connected to the normal electricity. I am still using solar so that the other homes can get electricity before my rural home. I believe that is the way to make sure that the people are served. I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Energy for coming up with this very improved Bill. It has now complied with the new Constitution in very many set- ups. I believe that if we mine coal in this country, we will export it and use it locally. People will stop cutting trees to make charcoal. Coal is cheaper than normal charcoal. Charcoal, as a source of energy, is a pollutant. Charcoal burning wastes the environment. We look forward to when we will mine coal, export it and use it locally because it is cheaper than other sources of energy. We can use it in schools for boilers to cut on electricity costs. We can plant more trees and the Government will construct more dams. This will improve the local climate and stabilise the rainfall cycle. We will have enough rainfall, which will supply us with water to generate electricity."
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