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    "id": 1265802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265802/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hope the mood is good. May I take this opportunity to thank the Hon. Members who have forwarded these Questions. I will make my response to the Hon. Member who has raised this Question, the Member for Alego Usonga, Hon. Samuel Atandi. The first part of the Question was to explain the steps in place to resolve the issue of collapsing dykes around Lake Kanyaboli. I wish to state that floods control across the country is being implemented by the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority. The purpose is to bring the effects of flooding to manageable levels by implementing projects that will reduce the perennial flooding problem. Going to the Question that he raised, Lake Kanyaboli is an oxbow lake that is found along River Yala. The River disconnected its course during the meandering stage thus forming the lake. In 1968, the Government of Kenya, in collaboration with the Netherlands, constructed the retention dyke to reclaim Yala Swamp for agricultural purposes. The dyke prevents water from the lake entering into the reclaimed land. Over the years, the stability of the dyke has deteriorated. When the course to the lake get blocked, water gets its alternative route hence the breaking of the dykes and submerging of the farms, hence destroying properties along the way and displacing people. 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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