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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "under the Energy Act, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is under the Ministry of Energy yet ERC is supposed to be independent. Since they are domiciled in the Ministry of Energy, it means they can only take instructions from the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Energy. As a Committee, we have been thinking where the Bill will be domiciled. As it were, the Bill will be domiciled under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. That was the thinking of the Committee. At the same time, because it has an aspect of safety and health, the Committee felt that it should be domiciled under the Ministry of Health where the Radiation Protection Board is domiciled. We shall bring this as an amendment. We might eventually have this Authority under the presidency, so that they do not get any interference from the respective ministries where it is domiciled. Once it is under the presidency, it could have that autonomy. A lot has been done and said about this Bill. As a Committee, after going round, we realised that we are supposed to comply for us to be party to other international treaties this country is supposed to be signing. We are grateful that we have reached this point where we have the Bill being discussed and debated in Parliament. We will bring our amendments within the required period of time. It is the hope of Kenyans that once the Nuclear Regulatory Bill is passed, we should move with speed to have the actualisation of generating power from nuclear sources. People are concerned with the high cost of electricity. We are hoping that this is the only way that we can get cheaper electricity. My Committee had opportunity on different occasions to visit South Korea, Russia and the US on the same matter. In the three countries that my Committee visited, we were surprised at the cost of electricity. This will go a long way to improve and reduce the cost of power in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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