Vincent Musyoka Musau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the hon. Jude Njomo, MP for Kiambu Constituency, requested for a Statement from the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information regarding the cost of power generation by Independent Power Producers commonly known as IPPs. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee summoned the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary in charge of Energy and Petroleum on 8th October, 2013 to deliberate on the Statement request by the Member for Kiambu Constituency. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Statement by the Member requested the Committee to report on the following: view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (a) why KenGen has continued to buy power from these producers and yet it is very expensive; view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (b) the reason for KenGen to continue purchasing power from one supplier instead of tendering again for new players in the market; view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (c) the comparison between prices of the IPPs and those of other sources of power; and, view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: (d) measures, if any, that KenGen is taking to reduce the cost of power to Kenyans. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On behalf of the Committee, I wish to report as follows: view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: As to why KenGen has continued to buy power from these IPPs and yet they are very expensive, KenGen does not purchase power from IPPs. The electric power sub- sector in Kenya is the single buyer market with the Kenya Power Company (KPC) buying all the power generated by KenGen, IPPs, emergency power plants as well as imports. All the power purchases are based on long term contracts. The Power Purchase Agreement term commonly known as PPA currently averages 20 years except for emergency power plants which are short term. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the current installed capacity is 1,718 megawatts of which KenGen accounts for 1,201 megawatts. An amount of 1,470 megawatts is supplied by IPPs. In addition, the Government of Kenya (GoK), through the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum owns 17.1 megawatts of isolated grid power. 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. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kenya’s power requirements are fairly high while suppliers lack demand partly due to high dependence on hydro power which is prone to vagaries of weather and partly due to the delays in bringing new capacity on stream. Furthermore, the public sector is constrained for resources and cannot on its own provide all the capacity needed to develop Kenya. Consequently and in order to keep pace with the growing demand, it has been necessary to contract IPPs to fill the gap which KenGen’s balance cannot be able to sustain. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as to the reason for KenGen ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, KPC is the single off-taker of all grid and off- grid power generated in the country. KenGen is the largest generator accounting for 70 per cent of the total capacity, with the rest coming from IPPs. It is expected that more private power generators will be procured through the Private Public Partnerships which are PPPs as the country implements the first tracked power generation programme of adding 5,000 plus megawatts to the national grid in the next 40 months. As to the comparison between the prices of the IPPs and those of other sources, the Committee established ... view