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    "id": 116425,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116425/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important that when hon. Members ask Questions, they follow them up so that their communities can benefit. I was very clear in my answer. I have said that there is a reason why this project was stopped, and that is what we should pursue and not whether the local people are involved because that is not the issue. This project was started after the local community gave all the approvals. They had the approval from the water appointment Board, the Chief Conservator of Forests and the EI License Registration Office. However, a junior officer, the District Forest Officer of Nyeri, wrote a letter and terminated the project. That is what surprises us. As a Ministry, we cannot continue with the work until that issue is resolved. The District Forest Officer should tell the community why he stopped that project because it was not his concern. Those are the issues that we are trying to address. We had only spent Kshs1.5 million of the first allocation which was about Kshs4 million. However, last year, I asked the Ministry officials to go and re-design that dam. That was done and the dam will cost over Kshs200 million for it to be of proper use. That is why we are saying that everything was done in a very shoddy manner. The question is whether the community and the Member of Parliament are ready to go and pursue the Kenya Forest Services so that we can be allowed to continue with our work."
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