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    "id": 1025195,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1025195/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to second this Report. I second the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the Inquiry into the Status of Dams in this Republic. Dams are a critical infrastructure in our nation. In 2016, over 13 million Kenyans did not have access to clean water or adequate sanitation. Kenya, being a water scarce nation, the Government can only alleviate this critical need by investing in such critical water infrastructure. Dams are a critical infrastructure in the development and management of water resources. They enable water supply. They are necessary for control, irrigation, navigation, water quality and production of clean energy among others. In addition, dams are major assets in climate change mitigation. They enhance water storage. They also enable us to produce clean energy in terms of geothermal. As a Committee, we noted that there were about 24 dams under construction when we did the inquiry. Two dams in particular failed. These are Badasa and Umaa dams. I want to note Badasa Dam as a case study of a failed dam. It failed because it was designed to fail from the beginning. This dam cost Kenyans Kshs2.3 billion. Even though we had experts in dam construction, we had the…."
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