{"id":389797,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/389797/?format=json","text_counter":13,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Macharia","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2367,"legal_name":"Jacob Waweru Macharia","slug":"jacob-waweru-macharia"},"content":"THAT, aware that the ever increasing cost of power remains a burden to many Kenyans who find themselves struggling to pay or have their power disconnected; noting that numerous community-driven water projects, especially water boreholes, have stalled due to the high cost of electricity; further aware that, that challenge has a potential to greatly impact livelihoods given that water is a necessity for life; this House resolves that the Government subsidizes power supply to community water projects to enable Kenyans without access to tapped water benefit from that crucial resource."}