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    "id": 1570045,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570045/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum",
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    "content": "Secondly, we will unlock an important transmission line project that runs from LTWP in Loiyangalani, all the way to Marsabit and equally from Isiolo to Marsabit. By doing so, we shall make it possible for power from the national grid to extend to most parts of Marsabit County. That project which is being financed by Exim Bank of India is at the tail end of conceptualization. What has delayed it a bit is just the matter of scoping, which had to happen. We are more than convinced because as I speak, Exim Bank of India is going through the paperwork. We hope that before end of this year, we shall do groundbreaking. That is another commitment I want to make to not only Sen. Mohamed Chute and the people of Marsabit County, but also the people of the great Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Marsabit County, which comprises four constituencies; Saku, Moyale, North Horr, and Laisamis, has one of the most interesting disparities in terms of access to electricity, if I may call it so. Saku, the smallest of the constituencies, has a high access of about 60 something per cent. The extreme end of the county; North Horr and Laisamis, have 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent access rate. That is serious, massive disparity and this administration has made deliberate plans to address it, through the efforts we have put in place."
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