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    "id": 822582,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Naomi Shiyonga is a distinguished Senator in this House. With utmost respect, I thought that I was out of order. I want to take this opportunity to apologise to Sen. Shiyonga because, yesterday, when we were amending the Motion related to the membership of the Ad Hoc Committee which you co-sponsored, I hurriedly consulted with Sen. M. Kajwang’ and amended the Order Paper. Maybe, we should have gone further and consulted with Senator Shiyonga. Sen. Naomi Shiyonga is not in that Committee because she is not qualified; she is extremely competent. In fact, she is a maize farmer of distinguished standards. It is only that we were doing regional balancing. So, when she stood on a point of order, I was a little bit worried that she might raise that issue. I want to apologise to her, just in case she will stand again on any other issue. Whereas she has raised an important issue of Ruaraka land, you have dealt with it accordingly. We are all waiting anxiously for the day we shall have an opportunity to dissect that important Report. The Constitution gives energy issues to both the national Government and county governments. Energy is in the domain of what we call concurrent functions; it is not exclusive to the national Government. The provisions of this law open doors and make it possible for county governments to engage on energy reticulation and energy generation. I thank God that energy generation is no longer in the purview of only Government agencies; it is also possible for private entities to do so. Secondly, generation of energy is not an expensive venture to those who are able to deal with hydropower energy. As I will be mentioning in this Bill, people will realize that energy can come from wind, solar and biomass, which you can generate from your animal farm. We should remember that the Constitution says that all laws that existed before 2010 must be brought into conformity with the Constitution. Therefore, the main objective of this Bill is to ensure the management of energy in the country is within the confines of the Constitution. Part II of this Bill talks about the energy policy and integrated energy plan. As a county, it is important that when we engage in any business that is related to the management of the country, there must be a guiding policy. Of late, we have been discussing about the Big Four Agenda. Some people call it “the Big Four” and if they do not add the word “Agenda,” you would think that it is the big five animals minus one. My friend was joking the other day that it could be the big five animals minus the rhinos. This was in relation to the debate on the management of rhinos in this county. We will come to that at the opportune time. The Chair of the Committee, Sen. Kibiru, should be investigating that matter by now in order to come up with a serious report of the Senate that can be compared to the Solai Dam tragedy Report, the Ruaraka Land Report and many other landmark reports, including Sen. Murkomen’s Report on constitutional amendments in this House. These The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}