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    "id": 1511478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1511478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dorothy Muthoni (",
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    "content": "It is important for all of us, as a country, to appreciate that His Excellency the President is very passionate about power connectivity to all households in this country. As he struggles to do that, we are also struggling with the problem of tariffs that are very high. It is important to note that you can have connectivity at no cost at all, but when power tariffs are so high, within a short while, we shall have a country that is in darkness. I join the Chairman and the entire Committee by condemning the hidden power suppliers who exploit this country by selling their power at very high and unaffordable rates. It is good to make full disclosure of the companies that we are contracting to supply power to our country. It is also important to note that, as a country, we are struggling with youths who are unemployed, and who will only realise the benefit of being self-employed if we are able to have affordable electricity because many of our manufacturing industries depend on electricity. As long as electricity is expensive, the cost of manufacturing goods, setting up a factory, and, possibly, employing Kenyans would be beyond reach. I, therefore, want to support this Report. Let us see ways and means of ensuring that our power tariffs are affordable so that our local manufacturers and youth can get jobs, and the citizens of this country can enjoy subsidised electricity tariffs at an affordable rate. Thank you."
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