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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any Petition other than those presented by a Member. I, therefore, wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition from a cross-section of residents from Osando Kobala, Kobuya, West Koguta and West Nyakach areas of Rachuonyo North and Nyakach sub-counties of Homa Bay and Kisumu counties led by Mr. Fredrick Gaya regarding mitigation of perennial flooding by River Sondu-Miriu. In their Petition, the petitioners decry what they term as failure by successive governments since Independence to permanently address the far-reaching effects, anguish and havoc occasioned by regular flooding of River Sondu-Miriu and have interpreted this failure as constituting an abdication of responsibility by the authorities. The petitioners are convinced that failure by the Government to permanently address the flooding adversely affects the livelihoods of thousands of residents along the river and occasions the eruption of water-borne and vector-borne diseases. It is on this premise that the petitioners seek the intervention of this august House in securing mitigation of the aforementioned flooding through various Government measures including dredging of River Sondu-Miriu, opening up of its blocked deltas, construction of standard dykes, reclamation of sand mines, construction of strategic bridges and roads, and compensation of affected households. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.227 (1), this Petition stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The Committee is requested The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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