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    "id": 822636,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance. I rise to support this Bill that is before this House for consideration. I am a Member of the Energy Committee. Having listened earlier to the comments by the Senate Leader Majority that committees need to up their game, a little bit, I agree with him. We, as a Committee, would have done more justice to this House given the voluminous nature of this Bill. We considered it in the traditional way and presented it to this House with a report. Be that as it may, I will make my submissions. We appreciate that things need to be done in a better way. This afternoon, many Senators had a challenge going through such a huge document in a short period. Given the challenge that we face nowadays of urgency, especially with the Government Bills, I appeal to the Senate Majority Leader to prioritise them so that we debate and send them to the National Assembly. Be that as it may, this is a good Bill. Many of our laws in this sector are now archaic and not in consonance with the provisions of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya. Therefore, the provisions of this Bill are commendable. I appreciate it because it adds value. However, as an enthusiast and a reader of matters energy, if falls a little bit short of what is expected in terms of its posterity standing and in view of the future where the world is moving in terms of the energy space. I feel that there is extremely a lot that will be expected of us, as a legislative body of this country. I will be sharing many of my thoughts later when we retreat to our Committee to consider the requests that would have been made by Members in terms of amendments to the clauses. I feel we need to include some provisions in this Bill to give it a more global standing. The beauty about it is that, it brings us up to the year 2018 where the world is on how to do our laws in terms of local content and who is to manage the energy 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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