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    "id": 793145,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "If you will allow me to expound for a minute, what this means is that the Authority shall be in a position to put in mechanisms, including inviting bidders through advertising. Secondly, if anyone applies, the Authority shall grant. What the Bill currently talks about is not “shall”. The Bill in Clause 147(2) says that the Commission “may”, not “shall”. I have put in an amendment regarding the same. I am reading because Hon. Duale has requested me to read Clause 145: “A person who wishes to carry out the generation, exportation, importation, transmission, distribution and retail supply of electricity must apply for a licence as the case may be to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this Act:” There is no doubt that you must apply. What is there in the Bill is Clause 147(2) which says the Commission “may”. That means it is on the whims and desires of the commission sitting and deciding it wants or not. Secondly, it is simple English. It is important for all Members here to understand that this is simple English. The other side, the side of Hon. Duale and the Chairman, is in agreement that this country needs to have an overhaul of this segment. They fought very hard so that the KPLC should compensate and it was dropped. In this instance, we are simply saying that, if someone applies to become a provider or distributor of power in the country, there is no need for them to be denied that right."
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