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"speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Turkwell Hydro-Power Project is owned by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen), a parastatal under the Ministry of Energy. This company is committed to building good relationship with all communities surrounding her projects, including those around Turkwell Power Station, for mutual co-existence and the fulfilment of her corporate social responsibility. In particular, the company has carried a number of corporate social responsibility projects for communities in the Turwell area, some of which are going on. These projects are key sectors such as education, energy, transport, employment and include the following:- (i) On education, the company grants scholarship to four local students every year; two for secondary schools and two for university education. These have run for the last five years and have benefited 20 students from the area. The pupils from the community are also admitted to primary schools which have been built by the company. The company has also completed a staff room and administration block for Litein Primary School at a cost of Kshs800,000. (ii) On electricity, the company supplies Litein Primary School with electric power. In addition, it has contributed Kshs17 million towards the supply of electricity to Kainuk Market, whose total cost was Kshs31 million. The balance of the Kshs31 million was contributed by my Ministry under the Rural Electrification Programme Budget. (iii) The company is also supportive of the community transport needs. It provides weekly commuter services to Kitale for shopping by the members of the community. In addition, emergency transport is provided for the sick to the nearest hospitals in Ortum, Kapenguria or Kitale. Additionally, the company transports relief food for local and school feeding programme and cumulative transport cost per year is to the tune of Kshs300,000. (iv) The company also provides both casual and permanent employment to the local people within the Turkwell plant. We have about ten permanent employees from the area and about 200 seasonal casuals. (b) KenGen has already fulfilled its promise to the local communities in the neighhood of Turkwell as mentioned above. The company will continue to collaborate with the local communities to ensure that they benefit from the companyâs activities in the area."
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