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    "id": 1175190,
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    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dan Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "seat which is currently occupied by Sen. Mutula kilonzo Junior. I have complied, and got cleared to run for the Senate seat in Makueni. I want to thank the House and particularly, Hon. Kareke Mbiuki because his Committee dealt with the issue of Thwake Dam. The Committee visited Thwake Dam when the project was starting and assisted me when the matter came up. I also want to thank Hon. Kanini Kega for making sure that the budget for Thwake Dam went through. Thwake Dam being constructed in Makueni Constituency is worth Kshs39 billion and is 80 per cent complete. We will soon be supplying water to Kitui, Makueni, Konza City, Machakos and Kajiado. I want to thank the House and God for this particular project, which will ensure that the people of Makueni see their dream of having piped water come true, and their children will no longer go far to fetch water with donkeys. I would also like to thank the House even though legislation of my Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill of 2021 has not started. I was proposing to make an amendment so that people who have been bitten by snakes can be compensated in the event of an injury or death. Unfortunately, this Bill seems to lapse. If elected to the Senate, I am likely to raise it again. In today’s Order Paper, there are amendments from the Senate concerning the County Boundaries Bill. This is affecting Makueni County and many other counties with our borders. Although I have seen that it is likely to lapse, if God and the people of Makueni give me an opportunity to serve them in the Senate, I will be able to revive it. There was also a very important Bill which lapsed – the New Cooperatives Act, which had come from the Senate and was sponsored by Hon. Prof. Zani. The Government of Kenya through the Department of Cooperatives had also proposed their own law, which I believe will be in the new Parliament. The death of this Bill has helped the cooperative movement in the country. They did not do proper public participation on it and every time they made a presentation, they were not taken on board. The Bill was being reviewed by the Committee that I serve; the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. Unfortunately, the Committee did not complete its work because of the new proposals. The Committee also needed to ensure that there was public participation. Therefore, the Bill has died, to the amusement of the 14 million members of the cooperative movement in the country."
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