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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the Chairman would listen. I am told other Members are listening while the Senator is engaging, Sen. Mwaura. If this Committee can come up with a package for those in informal settlements and the slums to get clean energy to get the power properly, they will pay. They want to pay, but they cannot afford how it comes. Secondly, if there are people to be subsidized because the President said so---. We are glad that the President said it. That those in industrial area and big manufacturing companies will get 50 per cent subsidies off for manufacturing between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. to employ more people. There is a huge segment we are leaving out. Those are small entrepreneurs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a lot of manufacturing that is happening in Nairobi is not in Industrial Area. If you look at those who recently lost their properties in Gikomba, they are some of the best furniture dealers operating heavy machinery. But they are not being subsidized. If you go to Kamukunji, Jua Kali and Nyamakima, there are some of these traders that also need to be subsidized in terms of the cost of power going to them. Because of time, I will leave it at that. I urge the Chairman to invite us, as he is dealing with this. There are many other aspects that we would like to contribute. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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