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    "id": 1254276,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1254276/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garsen, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Wario",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to present Petition No. 31 of 2023. I, the undersigned, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Tana Delta Irrigation Project was initiated by the Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) to enhance quality of life through sustainable utilisation, environmental protection, food security and revenue generation in the Lower Tana River Basin; THAT, the project is estimated to cover eight locations in Garsen Constituency, namely Mwina, Salama, Galili, Kipao, Wachuodha, Konemansa, Handaraku and Didewarede; THAT, the project as currently designed will lead to great displacement of residents of the said locations, destabilise their livelihoods economically, socially and politically, and further interfere with the local geology composed of protected forest areas that are an ecological habitat for marine and terrestrial wildlife; THAT, part of the area covered by the project is the Tana River Delta, which is Kenya's sixth Ramsar site and the only Ramsar wetland outside the Rift as declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); THAT, efforts by the residents to engage TARDA to review the boundaries before implementation of the project have not been successful; THAT, the reluctance by TARDA to conduct public participation on the project violates the national values and principles of governance envisioned in Article 10 of the Constitution; and, THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is raised are not pending before any court of Law, or any constitutional or legal body. 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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