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    "id": 1096476,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096476/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kaiti, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Kivinda",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Kivinda Kimilu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this amendment Bill. I am excited and would like to congratulate the Committee for the good amendments to the Irrigation Act. When we talk about irrigation, we are talking about water. Water is key and very important for any country's economy to grow. When we talk about irrigation as a country, it is high time we thought of it because if you tour some eastern countries like South Korea, you find that they are reclaiming land from the sea to do irrigation. To have sustainable development in this country, we need water. We talk of youth unemployment. With irrigation, we can help our youths to get jobs. We can also solve the problem of food insecurity in our country. This is a very important amendment Bill and I support it. Two months ago, I toured Thwake Dam in Makueni County, which is for all the people of Makueni and Kaiti Constituency, which is in that county. Our area is well-known for drought. With irrigation and that upcoming dam, I know the problems of Kaiti people will be sorted. With water, we can create jobs and help our people and improve our schools. We can help our students to get food and learn without problems. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am happy and excited with this Bill and I support it. Thank you."
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