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    "id": 915502,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/915502/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Nuclear Regulatory Bill. From the outset, it is important that we recognise that this will add to our energy mix in Kenya because so far we only rely on geothermal, solar and coal energy. Therefore, for the first time, our country is about to add a fourth energy source and that is nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is not just a clean form of energy, but it will go a long way to power the development of this country especially as far as the Big Four Agenda is concerned. I am also excited that for the first time as a country, we are looking at regulation before this nuclear energy is used. We are used to doing things in reverse. We get things going and later we realise that we needed a regulation or an Act of Parliament to regulate a particular sector. The existing Nuclear Power and Energy Agency has already given scholarships through the Government of Kenya to 15 students at the University of Nairobi to pursue a Master’s degree in Nuclear Energy. I am excited because one of the beneficiaries of this master’s programme is a student from my constituency from an area called Sachang’wan. I am happy because after nuclear energy is operationalised, at least, the young people of this Republic will get jobs to do."
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