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    "id": 860759,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Committee has held 30 sittings so far which have been open to the public and it has received interested members of the public attending its meetings. Moreover, the Committee has held three sessions with the sole purpose of consulting the public on various legislations committed to the Committee. On stakeholder engagements, the Committee has met with the Ministry of Energy. The Committee engaged the stakeholders on 13th May, 2018, regarding the plight and the outcry and the measures that were being taken to address the cost of energy. The Ministry of Energy and the Rural Electrification Authority were engaged by the Committee on national primary schools electrification programs on 9th September, 2018. The Committee sought to be appraised on the status of the school electrification programme and the progress achieved. It sought to address key challenges affecting the programmes including faulty hardware. Other stakeholder meetings were also conducted in regard to the imposition of the 16 per cent Value Added Tax on petroleum which were held on the 12th March, 2018 and 12th September, 2018. The next is the challenges and the recommendations. The key challenges encountered in execution of the mandate of the Committee included media coverage of its activities which has not been sufficient and could be improved through building synergies with the media houses. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and we also thank your secretariat for all the assistance that they have given us. Allow me to add that we are engaged in a fairly technical subject and I would ask that the Members be apprised with the issue of energy. There may be technical terms but they should not be scared to say that they do not understand."
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