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"In my region, we don't have stable electricity, the transmission lines are dead." 

Alego Usonga MP Sam Atandi has expressed dissatisfaction with President William Ruto's decision to cancel Adani Group's deal with the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO).  

Speaking in Parliament on Monday, November 25, the MP noted that the deal would have helped fix the issue of unstable electricity in the country including his constituency.

"In my region, we don't have stable electricity, the transmission lines are dead and now that we had these Adani people come to fix this problem, there was no need for the President to cancel, especially this for electricity transmission." 

"The kind of damage we suffer as people from the Lake side is enormous. Our youth cannot do things like welding because there is no power. On that one, I disagree with the President," he said.

Additionally, the Legislator referenced the Nairobi Expressway which initially faced opposition from Kenyans who are currently enjoying its services. 

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"When President Uhuru Kenyatta was constructing the Expressway, he never did any tender anywhere and some people complained about it but today Kenyans are happy about the Expressway and everybody is using it," he added.

File image of Sam Atandi

Ruto ordered the cancellation of the Adani-JKIA expansion deal as well as the Adani-Ketraco deal while issuing the State of the Nation Address in Parliament.

The president explained that the new orders were informed by new information regarding the integrity of the Indian company.

"I have stated in the past, and I reiterate today, that in the face of undisputed evidence or credible information on corruption, I will not hesitate to take decisive action. Accordingly, I now direct - in furtherance of the principles enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution on transparency and accountability, and based on new information provided by our investigative agencies and partner nations - that the procuring agencies within the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum immediately cancel the ongoing procurement process for the JKIA Expansion Public Private Partnership transaction, as well as the recently concluded KETRACO transmission line Public Private Partnership contract," he said.