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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, I want to get your attention. The good lawyer can wait for the wise counsel from the Speaker when he is free. As I was saying, this Statement is a product of Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. I am glad that as a young lawyer you worked in that region. The Question was about the plan the Government of Kenya has to extend the national grid from Garissa to Wajir to Mandera. The three counties combined constitute over 70 per cent of the landmass of the Republic of Kenya. The first question was on the current status of funding, planning and implementation of the extension. He has said that the Ministry has planned to ensure all counties are connected by 2035 as espoused in the Least Cost Power Development Plan. “The most efficient power plan” is missing. Cost effectiveness is one thing; efficiency is another. As I look at this plan, I sought the same Question in 2012, from the then Minister of Energy, Hon. Kiraitu Murungi. Unfortunately, I did not come with the Hansard Report. The Answer is the same. That, there is no plan by the Government of Kenya 30 years down the line. Particularly, by the Ministry of Energy to connect a third of the landmass of the Republic of Kenya to the national grid. In this modern-day Kenya, we are being told to continue living and accept the discriminatory provisions or tenets of Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. The Paper completely rubbished and excluded Northern Kenya as part of the Republic of Kenya."
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"content": "You have made your point. Hon. Gikaria."
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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": " Secondly, there are rights under REREC that every constituency is entitled. I am asking about connection and extension of the national grid. The national grid has ended in Garbatulla. It reached Garissa and its environs. The Government is telling us that it has plans to consult the Ethiopian Energy Generation Company. That answer was also given in 2012. Has it taken them 13 years to consult with the Ethiopian Energy Generation Company? Has it taken 13 years for the Ministry of Energy to even devise an implementable and cost-effective energy plan for Northern Kenya?"
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"content": "You have made your point."
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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": " Allow me to say that this answer is insufficient. I know the Chairman is innocent just like the innocent lady you saw responding on behalf of the TSC. The answer that the Chairman was given to read, lacks every substance. I urge my good friend to know that there is a reason the owners of the system decided to bring him back as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy. We want him to invoke that inherent right and ensure that Northern Kenya is connected to the national grid under his leadership. As it is, this answer is wanting. It lacks substance, vision and does not meet our expectations. Therefore, the only place it deserves is the dustbin. We expect you to provide leadership."
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"content": "Hon. Gikaria, is that answer a plagiarism of an answer given 13 years ago?"
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"speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I do not want to answer about 13 years ago. I want to agree with him that it is true, this is not a proper concrete answer. As the Report indicates, this country cannot operate unilaterally on its own. We have the Kenya-Ethiopia connection line and there is a talk between the Kenyan Government and 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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"speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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"content": "the Ethiopian Government to enable use of the transmission line from Ethiopia. That will be cost-effective and cheaper for this country. It is the most appropriate because it will be done in a shorter time. Otherwise, as Hon. Keynan has put it, getting a transmission line of power to the North Eastern region is quite costly. Of course, as the Ministry has indicated it is will take time because of the distance. However, the Ministry has done some interventions by bringing in mini-grids like solar. This has worked very well in Garissa where the Government commissioned a 50-megawatt solar plant. The Ministry has indicated that they are sourcing development partners for funding. These funds have been stipulated in the very last page, indicating exactly how much each county is sourcing for so as to address this matter. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Mandera East, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Hussein Weytan",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This issue is very critical, especially in Northern Kenya. The grid is one of the most important things that we require as Northerners. It is now in Garissa and Mandera is over 700 kilometres. Unfortunately, vehicles carrying fuel to Mandera, Wajir and Garissa get stuck on the way during rainy seasons as the roads are impassable. In Mandera vehicles get stuck on the road for over seven days. So, there is usually a total blackout. Unfortunately, we are in the stone-age era because Mandera, Garissa and Wajir are the only areas that use generators up to date. These old generators always fail and during the last Ramadhan there was a blackout."
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"content": "Hon. Ruweida, what is your point of order? What is out of order?"
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