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    "id": 1001761,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " I was taking keen interest because there is something he raised in the morning in relation to money being allocated in this Budget relating to water, especially for drilling of wells, water pans and underground tanks. If you read the Report that was adopted by this House in our policy recommendations, Hon. Mbui will note that on Page 20, there was, indeed, a recommendation that the project on rehabilitation of wells, water pans and underground tanks in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands using locally available labour under the Kenya Post COVID-19 Stimulus Programme be taken to the agency that has the technical expertise, that is, the project be moved from the State Department for Regional and Northern Corridor Development to the Ministry of Water and Sanitation and Irrigation. This will also enhance efficiency in resource utilisation and remove duplication of projects by many agencies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, that is the issue Hon. Mbui raised in the morning that there seems to be a lot of duplication of projects in one State department versus the other and it was something that the Budget and Appropriations Committee captured in our Report and put it as a policy recommendation. I hope as we move to the Appropriations Bill, the National Treasury will put into effect this policy proposal to move the Kshs800 million that is under this State Department to the State Department for Irrigation under the Ministry of Water and Sanitation because they are the ones who have the expertise, as Hon. Mbui was saying in the morning, to undertake some of these projects. Therefore, just in replying to what had been raised in the morning by Hon. Mbui, I hope as we move to the Appropriations Bill, the National Treasury will take note of the policy recommendation which is the House resolution as adopted by the House from our Report. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman."
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