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    "id": 1096468,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096468/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kapenguria, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Moroto",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "are doing nothing apart from stealing even from where their children are eating. As a House, we have to do something that can help Kenya. If the people of Kenya appreciate what we are doing, even God will appreciate us for what we are doing. It is high time we took a serious action. Even as we amend this law, without proper follow up, it will just end up in the dustbin. It will just gather dust wherever it will be. Unless, we have people who are serious, we will not get anywhere. There are Kenyans who, when given a chance, can make a difference, as the Hon. Member has said. Where I come from in West Pokot, we have Wei Lod War Irrigation Scheme, located in a dry area, but it has helped the people around that area. However, that project is dying despite the fact that we get a lot of support and grants from non-Kenyan donors who have seen that people at Wei Wei Irrigation Scheme in West Pokot are benefiting. The irrigation scheme project is the reason why cattle rustling incidents have reduced in that area. We have water in the Turkwel Dam, which is being used to generate electric power. However, there is water that spills over, which gets wasted. It goes all the way to Lake Turkana. We also have Lake Turkana, which is not even helping the Turkana people. So, we have a problem. We need to sit down and see what we can do. We pray to God to open our hearts, so that we can help our people. At one time, we went to Uganda with President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Yoweri Museveni met us and we managed to get one big dam at the border of the Kenyan and Uganda. People are now enjoying the water from that dam. So, if we extend such from another place to another, Kenya will go far. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to say much. I thank the few officers who constructed the dam in Kacheliba because it borders Uganda. I also thank the President because when he went there, that is one of the things that we got. We need more goodies, so that our country can go far. With those remarks, I support the amendment Bill."
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