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    "id": 914747,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/914747/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "I have my doubts - a lot of doubts - that any day, this country will produce nuclear power. It is infantile imagination that this country, Kenya, is going to produce nuclear power in the 21st Century. It is not in our lifetime. If we cannot combat hunger and Kenyans are dying of hunger, we cannot make sure that our children stay in school, our widows die when giving birth, this is a dream. Let us do what we can. Let us stick to what we are able to do. Let us measure our capacities. I agree that there are areas we will not go to, areas like trying to play and toy around with nuclear power. These are dangerous games that Kenya cannot go into. Kenya is better advised to remain with what this Bill is proposing - regulating the use of nuclear energy and nuclear materials. That we can do because we cannot stop nuclear materials from coming to the country, but trying to imagine that we can produce nuclear is a dream. We cannot even harness solar, God-given resource that comes every day. Priority is very important. Sequencing is also very important. If we want to help one another and help this country and next generations, we should only ensure that the laws we do, and where we put our money can give us returns. I would advise anybody in the energy sector today to forget about trying to put money, today or tomorrow, in nuclear energy. Do away with the Nuclear Agency. How many years down the lane? Nothing produced. We are paying salaries yet we cannot see anything because people want to go to conferences and come back and say, “This is very good, it is happening in China, Germany and India.” China, Germany and India are developed. We must live within our means. We must do things based on our circumstances. I am going to bring a couple of amendments to make this Bill better, but I want to commend the Committee for the good work. This is the way to go. Let us ensure this Bill has The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}