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    "id": 534944,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/534944/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "Touching on the issue of electricity, the President was very candid and clear. The Government has installed electricity to about 18,000 schools. About 3,000 schools are remaining. It is hard to imagine that much of that power is, indeed, generated within my county and, more so, within the area of Mbeere North. But quite a number of my schools do not have electricity. Secondly, shopping centres and towns in Mbeere North do not have power and the people are asking: “What is the social corporate responsibility of this Government to the people of Mbeere?” The Government is not connecting them to power. That is something that the Government must work towards so that we can co-exist and live with it and its agencies in harmony. On the issue of LAPSSET Project, according to the President, it is going to increase integration within the East African region. It is also going to open up areas in this country which have not known any development all the way from Lamu, through Embu, Isiolo, and Meru and all the way to Ethiopia. On the issue of health, the President mentioned that about Kshs38 billion has been spent for health facilities. However, I must caution those that are going to implement those services. We know that two hospitals will benefit from each county. But we must tell the Government officials who are going to implement those facilities that it should not be another Goldenberg or Anglo-Leasing where a few people are going to benefit at the expense of Kenyans. If machines have to be procured, let the procurement be done in an open manner and let us know in advance the health facilities that are going to benefit."
}