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    "id": 196518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/196518/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to thank the Minister. I am glad that he has taken the necessary steps to ensure reconnection of disconnected electricity supply. I am encouraged that he is, indeed, sensitive to the welfare of Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Minister has said that the debt is a matter between the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the KPLC. I would like to suggest that, while this Government is working in the spirit of collective responsibility, it would be in order for the Ministries of Water and Irrigation and Energy to work together and agree in the interests of the welfare of Kenyans. They should make budgetary provisions, if necessary, so that these old debts are dealt with at the Ministerial level. You realise that today we have water service companies. These are newly-registered companies. I appreciate that they inherited both assets and liabilities. I also appreciate that the KPLC is an enterprise, which is in the business of buying and selling electricity. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to urge, through the Minister, that KPLC does its business with the biggest business mind, but equally with the biggest human heart, so that we do not make money at the expense of Kenyans. You realise that---"
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