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    "id": 246059,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246059/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 126,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "(d) Implementation of projects under the Rural Electrification Programme is currently based on their priority ranking by the respective District Development Committees (DDCs) and the availability of funds. In this regard, a circular letter was sent to all District Commissioners in May, 2004, asking them to submit to the Ministry five top most projects per district for funding consideration over the next two to three years. Given this situation, subsidised electricity supply is extended to trading centres and public institutions such as schools, health centres, community water pumps and polytechnics, excluding domestic households. This is because the Government cannot afford to subsidise all the customers due to the serious financial resource constraints and heavy demand for rural electrification considering that, currently, it costs the Government an June 22, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1565 average of Kshs200,000 to connect one customer."
}