{"id":228843,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228843/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Lesrima","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":178,"legal_name":"Simon Saimanga Lesirma","slug":"simon-lesirma"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I just want to refer to some of the issues raised in His Excellency the President's Speech. I will begin by commending the current administration for using Kshs7 billion to provide electricity to our people in a period of three years. I commend the Government because, in a period of 40 years, from 1963 until the year 2002, only Kshs6 billion was spent in this sector. However, the people of northern Kenya have not benefited from this expansion."}