{"id":66504,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/66504/?format=json","text_counter":215,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbadi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"asked the Minister for Energy:- (a) why the Ministry reduced the budgetary provision for the Rural Electrification Authority by 50 per cent in the 2010/2011 financial year; and, (b) whether the Ministry will allocate more funds in the 2010/2011 Supplementary Estimates to enable the Authority provide electricity to the rural areas and help unlock the economic potential of those areas."}