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    "id": 1393758,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393758/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
        "slug": "oburu-odinga"
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute. I want to contribute to the Statement sought by my brother here, the Senator for Turkana County, and this is on the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Cooperation (REREC). He has sought a Statement asking REREC to activate rural electrification programmes in Turkana. Madam Temporary Speaker, people do not think of Turkana as having a great potential for development. When you bring electricity to Turkana, it becomes a big trigger for development. Turkana is a very rich county. Some people just look at the heat but apart from the heat, there is a lot of wealth underground. There is wealth of oil, water and a whole lake that is underground in Turkana. I hope that this Statement which he is seeking on the REREC --- REREC used to be more active than the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) themselves. However, I want them to wake up and impress us by taking steps to activate the REREC, which is a newer corporation. They should take steps to activate the electrification in Turkana. Madam Temporary Speaker, electrification is such an important venture. In my own County of Siaya, I was perplexed yesterday when I went to the rural area. I found a whole industry for the milling of rice which has been put up by the county and it is not able to be commissioned just because of upgrading electricity to three phases. Without electricity, there is no meaningful development. I do not want to take a lot of time as I just stood up to support the statement sought by my brother, the Senator for Turkana on REREC. I hope that steps will be taken to activate these activities in Turkana County. I thank you."
}