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    "id": 139372,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/139372/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support the Vote of the Ministry of Energy. I also want to thank and commend the Minister for Energy, Mr. Murungi, his Assistant Minister, the PS and the heads of parastatals under that Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Energy is crucial to the economic growth of this nation. When we talk of only 20 per cent of electricity cover in this country, Vision 2030 cannot be achieved. I want to look at two major areas. I have a very good reason as to why I want to discuss these two areas. First and foremost, they have a bearing on the people of Dujis Constituency and the greater northern Kenya. I want to thank the Minister, and his team, for making the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) more constituency and grassroot-based. That is where this country is heading. We want to see resources being equitably distributed, so that what we give to Othaya Constituency, where the President comes from, and what we give to Langata Constituency, where the Prime Minister comes from, will be equal what is given to North Horr, Garissa, Lamu, Emuhaya and many other places. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the last 45 years, the REP has not had any presence in northern Kenya. I want to confirm that fact. I want the Minister to look into that aspect. It was only last year when funds were allocated to the Rural"
}