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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Umul Kheir that the answers given are quite unsatisfactory. As we speak, there is no power in Mandera Town, and it started way before the month of Ramadan. Before we went for recess, I mentioned here that people do not have power, therefore, they cannot even charge their phones. As we speak, Kenya Power Company has not responded to the cries and the plight of the people of Mandera East. Even in Ramu, they have started rationing power. So, what is the problem with Kenya Power Company besides giving us these kinds of write-ups? Mandera East requires 3 KVA, not 1.5 KVA. Even if they take another generator of 1.5, it will not be of any help. I mentioned here that next to Mandera Town is Bulahawa where they use generators. They have never had even one single day of power rationing simply because it is run by individuals. It is high time IPPs were localised and taken to the counties. Let every county engage and do it. As a county, we can ask Bulahawa to extend the power to Mandera East and other parts of the county. It is unfortunate that Kenya Power is not ready. Let the people of Mandera East have power. If Kenya Power cannot extend services, we should be allowed to go to Bulahawa in Somalia to bring power to the people of Mandera East. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, the issue of power in Mandera has been a problem since Independence. The county or the town used to be served by IPPs. They had served them for the last 30 years. Those IPPs were withdrawn without any reason and some Chinese generators were taken there. I am sorry to say that. I am not saying they are substandard, but we know what I mean. Hon. Speaker, it is shameful that more than 60 years since Independence certain parts of the country are not connected to the national grid. What equalises Kenyans today is electricity, roads, healthcare, and education. In that area, education is wanting because teachers have left. Students from that place come to the University of Nairobi by the grace of God. It is now more than 60 years, but as a country, we have not connected the two counties of Wajir and Mandera to the national electricity grid. And you know what? They are neighbouring Ethiopia which sells very cheap power to Kenya. They can be connected from Isiolo County or Meru County but it looks like there is no focus. People may think there is no economic value in connecting them to the national grid. Eighty per cent of the meat we consume in this country comes from that region. Kenya is number three in Africa in the number of livestock that people own. Nigeria and Ethiopia are the only ones ahead of us. We have 30 million herds of animals. It is urgent for this House to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "come to the rescue of those two counties. The monopoly of Kenya power has destroyed those two counties. Every year, and I have been in this Parliament for the last three terms, people have been complaining about power in those two counties. As a House, we have to do something about it. We need to form an ad hoc Committee to look into that matter. Last month, I saw a Member of Parliament from Mandera on a lorry carrying three big generators only just to be told after one month that they are not working. That is all over TikTok, in social media. I think the Member is in the House. He was looking like the co-driver in the truck because he was seated next to the driver. He was telling people that there are three generators in the truck."
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"content": "Little did he know that after one month they were not going to work, actually after one week. Those were generators and not transformers. Hon. Speaker, this is a matter that highly concerns our core mandate of representation. The people of that area are suffering. We know lack of power can stagnate economic growth. Without electricity, one cannot build a house and cannot weld a door or a window or do much. In addition, one is in darkness."
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"content": "You have made your point."
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I am doing all this because my ancestors came from that county though I come from Migori. So, I am trying to fight for them."
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