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    "id": 26035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/26035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a regional issues; this is a national issue. It is important that we know that this country needs, as of now, more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity and nobody is going to invest in this country unless we can produce that electricity. To produce that electricity, unless we find some nuclear power which we are also afraid of, we must build those dams. Those dams are going to displace some people, definitely, and cause some harm. But the overall effect and overall benefit to the nation will override the harm that some 30,000 or even 50,000 people will suffer. So let us say this: That the dams ought to be built, but the harm must be mitigated and the compensations must be done. I think that needs some kind of consultations. There are several other dams; the Nandi Forest Dam and another one in Kisii and they are going to be helpful in many ways. They will provide power, fishing, irrigation and so many other things that will benefit this country. So, if each village is going to say: “We do not want to be moved and nothing else will go on”, we are going to have a country which will not develop. So, I oppose."
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