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    "id": 298154,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just saying that it is important that the Government actually considers the livestock sector, which is crucial to the pastoral communities. I was concerned that in the 2011/2012 Budget, Kshs300 million was set aside for restocking, yet this money was returned to the Treasury. It was really unfair given that those of us who come from the pastoral areas have had difficult times as a result of the severe drought that has faced our regions. Our livestock were wiped out, yet livestock is the only source of livelihood for the pastoral communities. It is important that the Ministry considers livestock keepers, especially with regard to restocking and improvement of livestock production. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on energy, I want to commend the Government because it has supplied electricity to areas that were long forgotten. My concern here is that the progress of electricity supply is very slow. In certain areas, you find that there is no connection of electricity because of lack of transformers. It is important that the Government plans well, so that areas that are supposed to benefit from the national grid or solar energy do so. There are areas that got electricity supply at the time we got Independence; examples are Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Meru and others. These places are allocated money every year, but what do they need this money for when electricity has already been supplied to them? I want to believe that a lot of such funds need to be reallocated to the areas that are now being supplied with electricity, so that we can at least be at par with the rest of the country. With those few remarks, I support."
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