{"id":54430,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/54430/?format=json","text_counter":317,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kinyanjui","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Roads","speaker":{"id":48,"legal_name":"Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui","slug":"lee-kinyanjui"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have spoken, time and again, of the need to invest in other forms of energy; renewable energy and green energy. It must be remembered that within the Office of the Prime Minister, a specific office was set up to co-ordinate efforts in this particular direction. As a nation, we need to show greater efforts in coming up with alternative energy as opposed to over-dependence on petroleum. Countries that are over-dependent on petroleum all over the world, including the United States of America, go through the same problems that we are going through today. I think it is important, because we have sang throughout the year that we explore all these possibilities with a view to ensuring that we have long-term solutions and take advantage of what is there---"}