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    "id": 1161750,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161750/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "On this day, the power was switched off when he went up the pole but it was switched on while he was still up. When he fell with a thud, the authorities and the Kenya Power people fled the scene with their vehicles. It is very curious and serious questions need to be asked. On top of that, there have been a lot of deaths and fires in informal settlements in Nairobi. I have been pushing, for the last few years, for social connections of power in our slum area You cannot expect somebody in Mathare to be paying the same tariff as somebody in Karen or Muthaiga. The difference is small. There is a way we can do social connection. We have seen social connection policy of electricity and water being implemented. These people are willing to pay but it must be affordable because, either way, they are paying somehow. These illegal connections are the reason why there is always fire in Huruma, Gikomba and in many of our slums which causes unnecessary deaths. Today and as fourth generation right, electricity is one of the new rights that people should have. Soon, access to internet will be a right in urban areas. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura for that Statement. I hope that the Committee that is given to will act on it. Mr. Odhiambo left a young wife and children. May they get justice. There is nothing that can be done that will bring back his life but let them feel a sense of justice. This is not a practice that will be condoned going forward. Let things be done professionally. I still appeal to Kenya Power. I went to them in 2017 and in 2018. Of course, there have been changes in the leadership. I also told them to reconfigure power connections in many of our informal settlements. They are afraid because if their car is seen--- I remember there is a former"
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