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    "id": 33456,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33456/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. M.M. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Lavington and Kileleshwa areas are supplied with electricity from two substations, one located on Ngong Road and the other at Kileleshwa. These two substations are connected to a bigger substation next to the inland container deport which is called Embakasi by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). The supply line from the Embakasi Substation passes through the slum area of Mukuru, which has made it extremely difficult to carry out emergency responses and maintenance of the line. Due to the erection of houses below the power line in this slum area, frequent fires have continued to be encountered, thus disrupting power supply to Kileleshwa and Lavington areas. Additionally, the rapid expansion of residential and commercial high rise buildings in the two areas has strained the existing power supply quality since the infrastructure has been developed for occupation density. (b) The KPLC has embarked on a major reinforcement work aimed at boosting supply to these areas through an ongoing construction of two new substations at both Lavington and Kabete. These substations are expected to be commissioned by November 2011 and will, therefore, greatly improve the quality of power supply to the affected areas. Additionally, my Ministry, in consultation with the Provincial Administration, is working out modalities for resettlement of persons currently living below the power line at Mukuru; the concerned persons are expected to be resettled by December, 2011."
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