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    "id": 847386,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "annulling the regulations, I urge the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of energy, the ERC and all professionals involved in the built environment to move with speed to come up with workable and practical regulations in as far as the use of solar energy and other renewable energy is concerned, to minimise loss of forest cover and reliance on other forms of electricity generation like diesel and, probably, other sources of power that pollute the environment. We cannot just sit and wait because issues of electricity bills and depletion of the various sources of energy are becoming a reality in this country and globally. We cannot sit back and wait until we get to a crisis and then we move up and down. There are very many international conventions and best practices all over the world. I urge the ERC to get out of its comfort zone and be practical in their approach. Otherwise, if they just go to sleep and resign to fate that Parliament has annulled the regulations, it is the leaders who sit here today who will be castigated or told that we annulled the regulations without providing an avenue for redress on the issue of the environment and energy use in our built environments and elsewhere. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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