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    "id": 1237025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1237025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, let me pick up the issue of what we should do so that we do not rely on rain-fed agriculture. One of the key plans of the Kenya Kwanza Government is to intensify investment in dams, pans and water harvesting. I will give an example of Kwale County. The President, and I was there, launched Mwache Dam a few weeks ago. It is an investment which is supported by the World Bank and the Kenya Government. It will cost about Ksh18 billion in total. It will provide a lot of support and relief in sections of the Coast. Over and above this, the Government is making efforts to have dams in many other parts of the country. Recently, in collaboration with the Italian Government… There is great hope that the Itare Dam will be revived. The Arror Dam will also come up. We also know that not too long ago when the President was in Egypt for the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27), he had a conversation with the British Prime Minister, Sunak. There is a proposal that if things go well and all being equal, there will be a major investment in the High Grand Falls Dam in Tana River which will go a long way in alleviating the challenges of drought and flooding in that region. I have just given a few 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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