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    "id": 1287092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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    "content": " Thank you again, Sen. Seki. Let me confirm that, for purposes of going to the ground further, I personally wrote to every Member of Parliament (MP) to confirm the status of electrification in their constituencies. For example, when we talked to Kajiado Central MP, Hon. Elijah Memusi, he confirmed that, out of the 118 schools in that constituency, 76 have power. Therefore, for the balance of about 40, we are putting them under programmes to ensure that we provide and service them fully. More importantly, is the point of working around public institutions. Once we electrify those public institutions, we will then run-on maximization to ensure that everybody around those public institutions, in centers where we live, have electricity. Subsequently, we will then look at the black spots and provide transformers to service those points. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me confirm that I have all the data for Kajiado Central. I have comprehensive responses. Out of session, we can spend time with the leadership to see the programmes that will be running. This will ensure that everybody is brought up to where the rest of the country is in electrification of public institutions and more importantly, maximization, to ensure that people get power. With respect to the question asked by Mheshimiwa which I did raise, we have challenges going through those corridors. There are landowners who have not given us easement to date. Therefore, we need to work with the communities to ensure that they benefit particularly in those corridors. This is so that we can work together and expedite the development of this country. Like you said, a programme which runs for six years when it is supposed to be finished in three years costs the economy so much loses. We should have developed by ensuring that this line is finished. It would then enable us to transfer power from Kenya to Ethiopia and Tanzania and vice versa. If we do that, we should be able to support one another in power trade with our neighbouring countries. This would apply whenever we have challenges of blackouts like we recently had. I said that I am here with Dr. Mativo. We will pay attention to the Isinya- Namanga and Sultan Hamud-Loitokitok routes. Those projects are supposed to be finished by April next year. Therefore, you will see us working on accelerated"
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