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    "id": 1563395,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1563395/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kinyua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13202,
        "legal_name": "John Kinyua Nderitu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am keen with the report of the Senate Committee on Energy. I have to say they have done a good job, so that Sen. Kisang’ does not rise on a point of order. However, the truth be told, that they concentrated so much on issues that are not affecting Kenyans. We have power blackouts every day in this report. I have not heard them talking about that, but rather, they are talking about having smart meters. I agree with what Sen. Wambua said that the committees are dealing with areas that deals can be cut. Perhaps not by the committee, but by the people that they are oversighting. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was expecting the committee to tell us what they are doing so that Kenya Power (KP) cannot be the only company giving Kenyans power. We want the private sector to move in and help Kenyans so that we can reduce the bills that we are paying. Sadly, we have not heard that. Well, they have concentrated on other things which they have not done even very well, as Sen. Wambua has said, when they visited Thange, in Makueni County. However, they are trying because from 2015 up to now, at least they are doing something. So, we commend them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Health is disastrous. Every time you have heard that the doctors are on strike. There are problems in the county governments and we have not heard any that from the report. I thought there would be very serious report to tell us what is the way forward, so that we do not have strikes in our counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee telling us we should not be sitting under ACs; that, we should go to the ground. We have given them the duty, as a committee, to do that. Nothing stops them from doing it. They can go to one or two counties, depending on the budget. That is why we have reduced the numbers to nine. We do not have the whole Senate because it is impossible. So, they should not give us any reason whatsoever, about the budget. They should go to one county and make that one a benchmark. We do not need excuses that this one cannot be done because of budgetary constraints---"
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