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    "id": 1096452,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096452/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to the Irrigation (Amendment) Bill. Other Members have talked about the importance of this Bill. The Bill is very important for this country because it intends to bring about food security. However, our greatest challenge in this country since Independence has not been the absence of resources like water. We have enough water pans, rivers and even a freshwater lake, which is the source of the River Nile. The greatest challenge has been the ability to implement certain plans that we have set up. We are glad that this Bill will strengthen some areas in terms of the management of irrigation in Kenya, as well as try to harmonise and make sure that all areas are covered in terms of irrigation. It is only through irrigation that we can be assured of food security in this country. Failure by the board established under Section 9 to implement the plans, the selection of the members of the board and the actual management of the irrigation plans is where we need, as Members, to lay emphasis on in the amendments in the Bill. I will give an example of what has transpired. In this country, we have crops which are key to the growth of the economy such as cotton. In many areas, cotton can be grown through irrigation 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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