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    "id": 1220622,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1220622/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13591,
        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
        "slug": "cheptumo-william-kipkiror"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by the Senator for Embu County. This issue of Kenya Power and blackouts in this country has continued to be a big challenge to our investors even to our homes. Kenyans pay a lot of money in terms of bills for electricity. What surprises me is the fact that as much as we pay substantially for the electricity bill, they are still not able to put in place measures to ensure that this situation, which arose on Saturday, should not happen again in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Baringo, there are specific days that we experience blackouts. The Kenya Power claims that there is a certain line, which gets a lot of disruption all the time. It is important that the Committee handling this matter invites the management of the Kenya Power to appear before the Committee and explain why this situation keeps on arising in our country. We are talking about a country that wants to do serious investments. However, that cannot happen when we have this kind of situation. Industries continue to suffer and"
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