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    "id": 1096426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "In Makueni we have Thwake dam coming up which will have an irrigation component. Definitely once done, we will become the food basket of the country. In Tana River along Mwingi North there is an irrigation project that was started by Israelites when they came here. As soon as the Kibaki Government was gone and the moment devolution came in that project is not doing well under the county government. Hence the need for synergy between the national Government and county governments, so as to ensure such important irrigation operations continue in the country. In the other Parliament, when I was in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, we visited Galana/ Kulalu Irrigation Scheme. We say the project was failing because the whole management was a nightmare. Hence, the need for this very important Amendment Bill which needs to be polished, so as to make irrigation in this country successful. I agree that we should have enough water to grow food and for the animals. Pastoralists should have dams for irrigation and at the same time their animals will have enough water. After harvesting, the crop waste is good for feeding animals especially during a dry season like now. We should have a system of ensuring that crop waste is stored to feed our animals. At the same time, we should store enough food for ourselves. Just like the Israelites described us at 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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