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"speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I thank the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Sicily Kariuki, the Principal Secretary, Mr. Irungu, together with all the engineers in the Ministry and the many stakeholders who have worked on this matter. I also give special thanks to the Committee dealing with water, led by my good friend, Hon. Chairman. They have done very well. This is a game changer for the world. I believe the Chairperson of this Committee will follow up on the implementation. He has really helped this country. Water is very important. We are dealing with it in the context of a devolved system under our new Constitution where water is handled by the counties. That has been provided for in this particular policy. Water is life and we have a lot of it in Kenya. As Hon. Nduati from Gatanga said, a major part of this policy is that all Kenyans should participate in water harvesting, in one way or another. On every single small river in your farms around the country, there should be a small dam to stop water from flowing back to the Indian Ocean. I am sure some agricultural activities will follow. We should install gutters on every roof in homes to harvest rainwater whenever there are rains. There are major dam projects in this country. I happen to be very lucky that Thwake Dam, which is a big dam, will provide water to Kitui, Makueni, Kajiado and Machakos counties. It will also supply water to Konza City. It is now at 60 per cent completion. We have a very serious contractor there and he is working. The other major water project was the High Grand Falls Dam in Hon. Murugara’s constituency. Some people dogged it up, took cases to court and brought a lot of nonsense here and there. That was a major Vision 2030 project that President Kibaki really wanted to implement in those days. I am sure Hon. Gitonga will come back as a Member of Parliament and will see to it that the High Grand Falls Dam is done. That will control all the flooding we see in Garissa. It will also supply water to the north eastern region and Tharaka. If it is pumped to the hills, it will supply water to the northern part of Kitui and change our country. 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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