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    "content": "Therefore, you can now even sell energy to KP as a Kenyan because you have an opportunity to invest in the good regulatory environment supported by the law. I hope that the people who will man these institutions will ensure that Kenyans will enjoy this right to the business environment that they have as a country and give them a return on their investment. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also have the establishment of the Nuclear Power Energy Agency (NPEA). At the moment, we have an agency in place, but it has not been established by an Act of Parliament. This law now puts in place the NPEA, which is an institution that deals with matters nuclear power, including implementing, organising and promoting the development of nuclear electricity generation in Kenya. It is also mandated with carrying out research, development and dissemination activities in the energy and nuclear power sector. This is the institution that will deal with policy framework on issues to do with nuclear power policies and legislation because this is a very specialised and also controversial area globally. It is controversial because you can use it to generate power, but other people can also use it to create weapons that can destroy the world. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was watching a documentary the other day about Hiroshima, and it was such a disastrous issue. I do not know how President Truman felt after giving such an order that had such devastating effects. Of course, it was the Japanese who started the war, but after Hiroshima, the world felt that we needed to regulate the nuclear sector. That is why it is important to have every agency in the country. It is important that we have a regulation agency dealing with research and linkage between industries if you want to use nuclear power for purpose of electricity and medical related issues. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the things that we have not developed well as a country and which we need to deal with is the link between our universities and industry. This Bill states that the agency will find a way of collaborating between the academia and investors in nuclear power. The first place where developed countries go to look for solutions for issues affecting the Nation is the university. In fact, many legislators in developed countries walk around with research papers from various universities, often quoting them on the Floor of their parliaments because they take universities seriously. If you go to the United States of America (USA), for example, somebody is always carrying a paper from Harvard University, Stanford University, New York University or any of those universities. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a missing link. It is not that we have no people in our universities who have the capacity to generate knowledge. The problem is that we have delinked ourselves completely; we look at the universities as a separate entity from the market, the legislature and policy makers. Sometimes the professors in universities do a lot of work, but this remains in the shelves of the universities. You know that, Madam Temporary Speaker; you were both a Professor and also a manager in the university. If we want to change this country, it is important for us to start showing publicly the link between our universities and the industries. This Bill says that, that link is going to be sought through this agency. Even as an overall policy position, if there is something 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."
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