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"content": " Proceed."
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, as his senior, he has no option but to listen when I speak. I wanted to inform Sen. Cherarkey that Kenya imports significant power from Ethiopia. What he is asking for is already happening. The only challenge that we have is that to do transmission lines from the sub-station closest to Mandera Town, it is quite a significant investment. That is why that has not been done over the years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Ali Roba is here. During the last visit by the President last month, it was agreed that instead of having to wait for power the closest sub-station, which is hundreds of kilometres away, the residents should be connected to power from Ethiopia and we pay alongside the power that we import. Therefore, Sen. Cherarkey’s proposal is already being implemented, albeit with much delay. It needs to be expedited, especially during this Holy Month of Ramadhan. I thank you."
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"content": " Senator for Nandi, you may proceed."
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"content": "You have a point of information? I will give you an opportunity. Senator for Nandi, proceed and conclude."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the Senate Majority Leader has said is happening on paper. It is only yesterday that the residents of Mandera demonstrated because Kenya Power has not added them a generator. In fact, Kenya Power should have added them another generator at the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadhan but they have not done so. I am speaking from a point of information. When we went there, we established that Kenya Power is yet to do something. The Senate Majority Leader should direct the Cabinet Secretary for Energy to do this. He should sit with him and find out what the problem is such that the people of Mandera do not have electricity. I remember Garissa had similar challenges. Let us connect each and every county. I like the President’s motto which seeks to unite the entire country. Let every Kenyan have access to the national grid. You will find that residents of Nandi are connected to the national grid but not the people of Mandera, yet they pay similar taxes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request the area Senator, who is also a party leader, to ask his residents to calm down. He is a co-principal of the Kenya Kwanza Administration just like you. They should sit with the President and discuss at that level. They do not need to demonstrate because the President promised to construct the road from Mandera to Isiolo which is about 750 kilometres. Finally, on the issue of green energy, I want to call upon the Ministry of Energy. Let us zero-rate solar panels. You will remember that during the previous Parliament, Value Added Tax (VAT) was being included on importation of solar panels and other items. The President has been on the forefront on the issue of climate change and use of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "green energy. We must zero-rate solar accessories and panels, so that Kenyans who cannot access electricity--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact in your area, which is Kilifi, and Northern Kenya, people should be using solar energy because apparently there is a lot of sun and wind. Look at Garissa. There is no water, yet the river passes in the town. As we call upon the Ministry of Energy to provide electricity, governors must also be held accountable. I know you did a good job while in Kilifi. I was sad today to see the Governor of Wajir, who is the Chair of the Council of Governors, using Kshs7.3 million to repair a generator. It is very unfortunate, when counties do not do things in line with the law. I do not know whether Governor Barasa has woken up from slumber, but Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale will tell us some other day. He should go and become the governor. I support."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support. I wish to weigh in on th Statement that has been shared by the Senate Majority Leader and Sen. Cherarkey. I was honoured to have the company of Sen. Cherarkey in Mandera. The problem that is being discussed has been ongoing for the last three years. The Government has been making promise after another. When the President visited Mandera County, two generators were brought to back up power production. Unfortunately, three on the ground are not working. Of the two that were brought, one is not working. While the President’s intent was noble and he had made commitment for this solution to be realized by the people of Mandera, the situation has appeared to be extremely deliberate by Kenya Power Company Limited as if the people of Northern Kenya are not equals in this Country. We had discussed the challenge of power in Mandera when I was the governor there. Unfortunately, it is not a devolved function and cannot be billed to county governments because provision of electricity is not liberalized but is a monopolistic business run by Kenya Power and Lighting Company. The situation is going from bad to worse. What is very embarrassing in present- day Kenya and extremely disheartening is that Bulahawa, across the border with an unstable government has power. At the farthest corner from the center of Mogadishu, Bulahawa, has several private vendors, and they have reliable electricity. When Mandera is in the dark, fridges are not working and people are fasting they cross to the border to go and buy ice and cold drinks from Bulahawa. It is extremely painful that when you look at Bulahawa belonging to a country that was unstable for 30 years. The resemblance of government is only starting to exist right now, yet, that town across the border, less than 100 meters from our border, is able to have reliable power supply. Kenya a middle-income status country, is struggling to provide electricity to its people. We have talked about this repeatedly. The leaders are in pain to the level that the leaders of Mandera County are at loggerheads with each other; one blaming the other for not doing this and that, with the belief that somebody is sabotaging somewhere, yet the responsibility of provision of electricity lies squarely with Kenya power. One of the 47 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "counties in this country is without power and perennially, every year we are discussing this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is about time for our President, His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto to take the bull by the horn. The noble intent of connecting us from across the border, which is about 78 kilometers from Ethiopia, has been in discussion, but realization of the same is not happening. The problem is persistently there. The people are at pain. Yesterday, there were demonstrations in town. We have tried to suppress it for years, to the extent right now it has become impossible. It is reaching explosive levels within the community, where leaders will not have a choice. Since we have kept on telling them not to demonstrate, we might end up joining them for purposes of realizing sustainable electricity supply for the people of Mandera town. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very agonizing, and I cannot really overemphasize. Last time, we managed to calm the population of that town by telling them the President was coming, solution was on its way, and the generators had been promised. We told them we had met the Principal Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary. That the matter would be resolved and they needed not demonstrate. We promised them that if that did not happen, the leadership of that county, including the governor, would join in the demonstration to demonstrate the pain that the public are feeling in that county. I beg to support."
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"content": " Next Order."
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