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    "id": 1270505,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1270505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Question is whether we can provide water bowsers considering where Bangale Ward is, in respect of the next point where they can get water which is in Garissa Town. The closest point from there is a further 60 kilometres at Madogo. The ward is an extreme water scarce area. It relies on water from Madogo and Garissa for its water needs. It is true that they are doing trucking. Unfortunately, due to extremely harsh weather conditions in the region, it is not possible to do water pans. Water for domestic and livestock has high salinity. The nearby villages have very poor potential for water. Water trucking is also not sustainable because Madogo is 60 kilometres away and Garissa 100 kilometres away. This is a very dire situation, and at the moment we do not have a straight answer, but the national Government has a feasibility study that it is looking at. It identified Madogo as the potential place where we can get water, and the designs have been completed. A new project will possibly be coming up as soon as we can provide funding. It is estimated that for us to give water to about 40,000 people who are in and around Bangale Town, it will cost Ksh1.2 billion. It is an amount that I will require to factor in the next budget. I seek the indulgence of the Member in that respect. In the interim, we are looking at providing the area with a bigger pan than the ones we have done before which dried up. We will also think of how to retain the water in a bigger size pan. In terms of bowsers, the Ministry is not able to incur money through bowser provision. We do not have that kind of budget and it is not sustainable."
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