{"id":139321,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/139321/?format=json","text_counter":355,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Yinda","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":154,"legal_name":"Edwin Ochieng Yinda","slug":"edwin-yinda"},"content":"Before I proceed, I wish to sympathize with the Minister because this Ministry is very important. It is actually the engine of the economy and, therefore, a lot of strain in trying to operate it. I know that with the amount of money received during the Budget, the Minister and the Ministry is not able to fulfill all they would have wanted to fulfill. I would like to encourage the Ministry to explore the usage of solar energy because I think it is not used as much as it should be in this country. I would like to see a law put in place where all new buildings should have solar panels and that includes also the street lighting which at the moment is using expensive power whereas we have a lot of power from the sun and if harnessed properly, could lower cost in electricity bills."}