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    "id": 1398985,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398985/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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    "content": " Sen. (Dr.) Murango, there is the Gichugu power solar pumping for agriculture to support food security. I think we have some very interesting programmes because of a lot of support on the last mile. I was wondering if I risk talking to numbers because I have them on my computer, we might spend the better part of the day to an extent where we have good funding for last mile. In particular, you will recall when we did a budget policy statement through Parliament, and they put in some Kshs14 billion. However, apart from the Government of Kenya funding, we have got very good funding from the development partners. I will need to check what is obtaining for Gichugu and the entire Kirinyaga County. It is right there. Nonetheless, for Kajiado, Sen. Seki, we have got good money. We just need to sit down. We have got some Kshs703 million for last mile. In West Pokot, I have checked we have got Kshs1.24 billion for that county with programmes designed. We have been spending time with the Members of Parliament to see how to roll out those networks. Where designs have been done and finished, you will see a lot of work in the last mile programme to really give power to our people. We have very specific programmess under the European Union (EU), European Investment Bank (EIB) and AFD. AFD-3 has so much funding. What you are giving us through Exchequer release is a lot of funding. I mentioned the retirement of a Polish Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) funding. There is another Kshs200 million that we are pitching to bring in for last mile programme. We will see an increase in connectivity and--- Since they are very specific to every county, we could seek to spend more time together, as we do with the Members of the National Assembly, to see some of your programmes and how they are going to impact, on priority basis, in the various areas where you provide leadership today."
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