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    "id": 611564,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611564/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "level in Mbita, already there is so much change that is happening in the lives of women in investment in green energy. Many of our women have been depending on kerosene lamps which affect their health. A lot of women have been using firewood for cooking which also affects our forests. If we move towards green energy, we are going to empower our women and fishermen because, then even the cost of energy is going to be lower for them. Therefore, I am very happy that we are trying to move away from nuclear energy and towards green energy which resolves and deals with our issues. In conclusion, I want to say that, as a country, let us not try to be over-technical. Let us not try to be over-complex. Let us look for solutions in ways that deal with our people directly. I want to give an example: When you walk on the streets of Nairobi, or Mbita or Ogongo – I am sure you know of Ogongo Market because you have been campaigning very vigorously in the last few months - you will see, especially in the evening, women selling by the roadside. In Nairobi we call them hawkers while at home we call them aswekra because they are people who are moving on their buttocks. Any solution that we want to give to these women--- I have seen what the Government has done, that is, building huge markets. There is a huge one in Mbita yet nobody occupies it. This is because it does not respond to the needs of the woman. We must build markets that respond to the needs of the local people. The need of hawkers in Nairobi is to sell by the road. So, what we should be doing is building structures that do not overshadow the big shops, but that are responsive to the need to hawk and that are responsive to the need of the woman to sell mboga by the roadside and not in a big market that nobody will sit in. This responds to the same issue that we are talking about, that is, nuclear energy. We are going complex and technical when all that Kenyans need to do is to get lightning for purposes of their daily work. Right now we have brought a few lamps through the county government and the CDF. The economy is changing so fast. Women are selling up to even 12.00 a.m. Before, they would be stopping at around 6.00 p.m. My dear friend here, hon. Agustino Neto, is my neighbour. Now, when I pass by the market which is next to my grandmother’s home on my way to Mbita, I see women selling up to very late courtesy of green energy. So, I want to congratulate hon. Ottichilo for moving us in that direction. Please, continue bringing things that touch on the lives of ordinary Kenyans as this. I support."
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