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    "id": 864408,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/864408/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing up this issue because the Lake Turkana Wind Power project is in my county. There are issues which communities have with it and I do not think this is the right place to bring it up because they are in court. However, what he said is not in any court. It is a concern for Kenyans. The issue of the transmission line which he said was done at Kshs20 billion was actually done at Kshs28 billion because of the Isolux Wind Power Company going bankrupt and introducing a Chinese company and the rest had to be borne by the Kenyan Government. We still have extra cost on that project. However, the issue is; when the World Bank (WB) raised issues, I think Kenya should have considered it because right now, we have issues with regard to what we are actually getting. During the day, it is about 30 to 40 per cent while at night it is 60 per cent. Since we do not operate a 24-hour economy, where does the extra power go? The other day somebody wondered why we do not sell the extra power to Uganda at night and buy it from Uganda in the morning? There is a lot of inconvenience and we need to be careful so that we do not lose funds. Taxpayers do not have to pay for unused power because that is what we are going to do. We need to make sure there is due diligence and that any power generation is for the interest of Kenyans. Thank you."
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