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    "id": 1096433,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096433/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Mohamud",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamud Sheikh Mohammed",
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    "content": "That brings me to a very simple example. It may touch the nerves of a few people, but I really want to say a dam worth Kshs1 billion would make a huge difference to, for example, Wajir South, which is the second-largest constituency in the country. That is equivalent to three provinces – Central, Nairobi and Western provinces. It is a huge land. What it would have done is when people are investing in one single dam… I want to use an example of Arror Dam and the Kshs35 billion that is being expended there. Give me Kshs1 billion out of it and it will make a huge difference to a huge constituency. It is unnecessary to say that you cannot create huge dams in particular parts of the country and forget the rest of the country. Irrigation is not only for one particular area. Water and survival are not only for particular places. I am not picking on any particular region or place. What I am talking about is the amount of money that is being expended on single water dams, like the one in Murang’a and other places. My examples will be countless. It is important that we have fair sharing of resources amongst the people of Kenya in all corners of the country. Therefore, it is important that I say I support the proposals of this Bill and see that the Bill is not only written as a Bill, but also when it is being acted on, we must allocate resources concomitantly and in the right way. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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