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    "id": 1265901,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will go straight to answering the first Question on providing a report on the status of Naoros and Nadoto Irrigation Schemes, both in Turkana County, and explain the steps that have been put in place. Hon. Speaker, Naoros Irrigation Scheme is located in Kang’atotha Ward, Turkana Central Sub-County. This is a community-owned irrigation project that covers about 500,000 acres. The scope of the works included: Rehabilitation of the intake works, lining of the main canals, sub-main canals, tertiary fallows, basins, berth protection works, and fencing, all at the cost of Ksh62 million. Construction started in June 2013 and so, it is an old project. It was completed in 2014 and handed to the community for food production. Currently, the scheme is not operational due to the unstable intake of high silt load from River Turkwel. The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) has carried out a needs analysis of the project, and the following rehabilitation works have been proposed: Rehabilitation intake and protection work, construction of the main canal, desilting branch and blocked canals, dike draining, road closing and division boxes and check structures. We have put a budget of Ksh34 million in place and NIA will implement the rehabilitation works. We have provided Ksh50 million for both schemes to commence the works, which the Hon. Member is concerned about. 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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