{"id":66508,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/66508/?format=json","text_counter":219,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbadi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you will notice from the Assistant Minister’s answer, the budgetary allocation was modestly reduced by about Kshs1.7 billion. Be that as it may be, why did the Ministry reduce the budgetary provisions for Rural Electrification Authority (REA) by 50 per cent? What led to the Ministry reducing the budget allocation to REA by 50 per cent, thereby denying rural areas the much needed energy?"}