Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 822596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/822596/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 147,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "If there is an area which I really think that we can employ so many Kenyans, it is the energy sector. I read somewhere that people who want to be rich should not start by saying that they want to do something to become rich. The best way is to know the human problems in the world that we live in. One of the biggest problems that we have in this country is energy. If the problem is energy, you need to find out how you can provide cheap and efficient energy as a solution to the problem that affects the people of Kenya. You can decide to invest in solar power. In the process of solving that problem, you will make money and employ many people. As we talk about employment for our youth, this is one area that the potential in the Kenyan youth can be applied. I think tonight the Cable News Network (CNN) will be running a story about biogas in Kenya. I saw one young person, whom I do not think is even 30 years old, being interviewed on the same. He has a company somewhere in Murang’a where they use animal waste to generate energy for lighting and cooking in homesteads. If we get the opportunity, it is important to watch that documentary that will be aired by CNN under a programme which I have forgotten the name. We should encourage so many youths in this country to turn to biogas to generate energy for homesteads. As we do so to solve problems, we may create employment and billionaires in this country. It is possible to become rich in this country in the right way and there is nothing wrong with that. Kenyans are reacting to the issue of corruption to the extent that they demonize being rich, owning wealth and creation of wealth. There is nothing wrong with being rich. In fact, being rich is biblical. The Bible says blessed are those who give more than those who receive. You cannot give if you do not have anything. Luke 6:38 in the Bible says:- “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Therefore, there is nothing wrong with being rich. The thing that Kenyans are condemning is to be rich at the expense of others by riding on others or stealing from others. If we want to create wealth for our people and improve their lifestyles, then this investment in the energy sector is extremely important. We should encourage as many young people as possible to invest in this sector and ensure that they have the opportunities to sell that power. We now have a regulation agency and a tribunal where you can complain. We now have an opportunity to generate energy and sell it to the Kenya power (KP). We do not have to wait for the Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KENGEN) to generate energy for the country because we can now have small private investors having their own power generating entities. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the liberalization that should be put in place. If you go to developed countries you will find somebody having a small solar panel at some corner and another one has wind power using one turbine in his land. It looks beautiful. If you go to Holland, you will find that in most of those fields, people are generating energy, using it in their own farms to pump water, for agriculture and then selling energy to other people who do not have power; they even sell to the national grid. 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."
}