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    "content": "were pleasantly surprised and pleased when we travelled in January with Sen. Mwaura - sponsored by CAS Foundation – of the amount of solar energy. If Makueni County was under proper solar energy, we would not be having the problems we are having with the national grid because Kenyans are not connected. The solar energy that was installed in Makueni County has failed. We informed the Deputy President as much when he was in Makueni County last week that, that component has not worked because there is no training on how that solar energy is supposed to be done. I am not sure whether it is the quality of the solar panels, or the batteries, but all in all, the idea of putting power using solar has not worked very well. That section must be deliberately done so that either there is training or a better way of doing solar energy. I think we can do better with solar energy. Madam Temporary Speaker, other than the quality control, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), way leaves, handling of rates, handling of compensation, affordable energy, making this clause and a little tidier so that – just the way they are informed about petroleum and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) - they are informed on a regular basis on the cost of energy. We must move into Vision 2030 by making sure that energy is affordable. The Bombo Municipal Council is planning to have slum upgrading. You cannot have slum upgrading and yet the cost of electricity is still as high as it is in Kenya. We are still paying more than most of the industrialized world for reasons only known to ourselves. Electricity is still not available to the majority of Kenyans, again for reasons that cannot be explained. However, it is the cost that is tied to this. Madam Temporary Speaker, the entities that are contemplated under this law; Energy Petroleum, the Energy Petroleum Tribunal, Rural Electrification, Nuclear Power, Kenya Power Electricity Generating Company, Geothermal Development, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), National Oil Corporation (NOC), Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) and Kenya Petroleum Refineries are the entities that are faced with the worst corruption scandals. We must find a method of these entities reporting to Parliament. The Senate Majority Leader, I have not seen a report mechanism by these entities. The report mechanism will include the amount of revenue they are collecting from Kenyans. That would help us to determine whether there is value for money and whether they are giving us enough because I believe they are collecting more money vis-à-vis the services they are offering. Lastly, just like we have a reporting mechanism by Safaricom Limited and mobile service providers on what we call – I cannot recall the correct technological name – call drop reports, Safaricom Limited and Airtel pay a charge for calldrops. We must make power blackouts either criminal or alternatively reported. Why do we have blackouts that are unexplained? I will be proposing amendments where Kenya Power and Company (KPC) is put to task as to the amount of power they are offering either per month, per day and a better explanation for blackouts. I am told that some of these blackouts are done deliberately by officials of KPLC so that they can make money out of per diems, et cetera . It is also possible that they are the ones who are stealing transformers because if you steal a transformer today, where 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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