{"id":140114,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/140114/?format=json","text_counter":411,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, acknowledging the fact that demand for electricity in this country far outstrips supply, further aware that small hydro-power generation plants can be used to supplement the Government’s effort to provide electricity to its citizens and encourage the establishment of cottage industries through lower electricity costs; cognizant that the western part of Kenya is endowed with rivers such as Nzoia, Yala, Arror, Weim Wei, Moiben, Chepkaitit, Kaptetit and others; this House urges the Government to establish small hydro-power generation plants on these rivers to supplement the supply of electricity to the national grid."}