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    "id": 1097103,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097103/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13435,
        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
        "slug": "francis-kuria-kimani"
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    "content": "and all those ranks of CEO and other positions and yet, they do such great work in this country. However, when it comes to Government institutions, they are big on names and strategic plans, but lack everything when it comes to actions on the ground and to matters that matter. My appeal as I support this Bill is that we are going to have an Irrigation Board that looks at the needs of Kenyans. I am not just thinking about those big irrigation schemes such as Galana- Kulalu, but about how we can empower that farmer in Molo to farm along Molo River. How do we ensure that, that farmer in Mukinyai or Mitima can farm along Mau River because that is water that can be used for irrigation? So, we do not need to spend billions of shillings on mega projects that become an opportunity to steal. How do we make those projects go down to where the people are? Across the country, there are very many water pans and dams. But how is that water utilised? Yet, you find ourselves seated here talking about a big plan on how we will irrigate, while the small water resources we have in our constituencies and homes are not properly utilised. This is water that has freely been given to us by God."
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