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    "id": 91475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to thank the Minister for Energy, Mr. Kiraitu Murungi, his able Assistant Minister and the Permanent Secretary. It is unusual for me in particular to heap praises on people. But I want to confirm that this Ministry has remained faithful to both the mission and vision of ensuring that it is the leader in the provision of quality administrative services in the energy sector. This is particularly on the Rural Electrification Programme (REP). I think in this country each constituency can boast of the enormous work of connectivity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to fault the Minister for Finance. If you look at the Budget Speech, he says, “To secure least cost and clean energy development”. All these are aimed at providing reliable and affordable power to all. While I appreciate that the money has declined, I want to tell the Minister responsible for energy that it is up to them to ensure that we have reliable energy supply. “Affordable and reliable” is what Kenyans are saying. Part of the reason we are not getting affordable energy is because two state Corporations out of the nine the Ministry has--- We still insist that the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) Limited must be a state Corporation and we are giving it money or it is just another profit making entity which should operate within the norms of private entity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the mission of administrative purposes, the Minister should ensure solar energy is used particularly in northern Kenya and Turkana. We have health centres, dispensaries and schools. The same should extend to boreholes so that we can generate sufficient power to be able to provide basic services to our people. I support."
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