{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138251","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138249","results":[{"id":1398911,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398911/?format=json","text_counter":266,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me first take this opportunity to thank the Cabinet Secretary for appearing today and answering the questions of the Members, which, in reality, are questions from the public. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would ideally be asking the Cabinet Secretary in relation to the frequent power outage in Garissa. However, I will not ask him that question because it has already been asked by the Senator from Mombasa and Wajir and it has been addressed. I would not want him to repeat."},{"id":1398912,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398912/?format=json","text_counter":267,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"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."},{"id":1398913,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398913/?format=json","text_counter":268,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"My question touches on the issues of transformers. The Cabinet Secretary has explained to us here that they have made some procurement. For a long period of time in Kenya, we have been told that the problem with Kenya Power is usually transformers. Therefore, my question hon. Cabinet Secretary is that I just want to inquire on whether or not we have any local manufacturers for transformers in Kenya. If we do, is the Ministry and Kenya Power procuring from the local manufacturers? If we do not have any local manufacturers for transformers, what is the Ministry doing to talk to local investors to give them incentives to set up manufacturing plants for transformers, so that we can stop relying on brokers and agents of foreign transformer manufacturers who bring us substandard products from time to time?"},{"id":1398914,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398914/?format=json","text_counter":269,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wakili Sigei","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Sen. Abdul Haji. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, respond and particularly in line with the second limb of the question because you had responded to the aspect of the transformers and the power outages."},{"id":1398915,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398915/?format=json","text_counter":270,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir and Sen. Abdul Haji. We will do our best during this holy month of Ramadhan to sustain those areas. This is because of the kind of lifestyle during the month of Ramadhan to make sure that people are comfortable, the air conditioning in our homes is working and so on and so forth. Like I said again, I am here with the CEO for Kenya Power. We are listening and we will act on that We have local transformer manufacturers. I think today, hon. Members, the requirements for importing transformers into the country are so difficult against local manufacturers. In fact, all transformers come out of local manufacturing. I do not know how much local it is in terms of assembling and manufacturing because you know transformer would be a coiling. We might not manufacture copper. So, it might be difficult to answer the question of how much raw materials is manufactured and how much is for assembling. However, the point today is that all transformers that come into the Kenyan market are locally manufactured particularly up to a certain kilowatt rating. The big transformers that we might not have the capacity comes from outside and we are building capacity for the local industry to be able to do that. We have a very stringent inspection and certification process. Kenya Power work with the local manufacturer transformer companies to ensure that we support them in this endeavour and, therefore, localize and create jobs for our industry. However, the point is, it would be difficult of 100 new transformers coming into the market, to get five imported transformers. It is basically locally manufactured."},{"id":1398916,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398916/?format=json","text_counter":271,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wakili Sigei","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Cabinet Secretary. Proceed, Sen. Cheruiyot."},{"id":1398917,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398917/?format=json","text_counter":272,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":" First, I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary and his team for a job well done in responding to questions that have been raised by Members and the leadership that they are providing to the Ministry."},{"id":1398918,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398918/?format=json","text_counter":273,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"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."},{"id":1398919,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398919/?format=json","text_counter":274,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"Listening to the answers, if the Cabinet Secretary can commit and assure us that the plans, as he has laid out this afternoon before the House, will be delivered then we are in a good place. I appreciate what they are doing as a team at the Ministry. I have one Question: When the Cabinet Secretary was responding, he mentioned the desire by the Government to move to 100 percent green energy by the year 2030 and the plans that that entails. Previously, in my life in this House, I served as a Member of the Energy Committee. I am aware that there are many people that you can call ‘tenderpreneurs’, for lack of a better word, in Kenya or in the famous capitals of the world, who are still holding exploration licenses for geothermal energy, which can help us as a country to access those sites and bring on show cheap and affordable power as opposed to the old generated power, some of which he has mentioned, like the diesel power. When is his Ministry going to take decisions against such business people so that we are able to enjoy cheaper power? That was a key promise that this administration made to the people of Kenya, yet that is yet to be fulfilled. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the next Question is of interest to you. If you want to throw me out, it is your people of Bomet who will benefit, just like my people. That is not a bribe to you. Can the Cabinet Secretary confirm to the House when they will commence the construction of this Narok-Bomet transmission line that will affect all of us that are in the western part of the country, to stop this quasi load-shedding that we continue to see each other day? The President made a pronouncement recently in his tour in Bomet, but we want to know when the works will commence. I thank you."},{"id":1398920,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398920/?format=json","text_counter":275,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wakili Sigei","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Cabinet Secretary, proceed to respond to the two Questions by the Senate Majority Leader. You ought to have asked one supplementary question, but I exercise the discretion under Standing Order No.1."}]}