Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1272028,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1272028/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 153,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "I was with him at an event that was presided over by His Excellency the President and the occasion was to commission the Chogoria Water and Sewerage Treatment works which is supposed to cover up to 300,000 people in that area. So far, we have covered close to 140,000 people and there is an intention to cover up to 300,000. We agreed with the Governor of Tharaka Nithi County that for purposes of reticulation and as part of this project, he undertakes to provide Kshs50 million. This House is aware that reticulation and distribution of water is a service delivery element done by the county government by water service providers. The Governor undertook to provide Kshs 50 million. His Excellency the President also said he will support the Ministry with a further Kshs50 million to cover the ground for the last mile connectivity. That would possibly cover the areas that the honorable Senator has indicated in Chuka, Kathwana, Mutung’a, and the rest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since this, is a supplementary Question, it is good that we follow up with you so that I tell him about further work that is set for that region. We also have an ongoing Chuka water supply and it is not yet complete. We had a discussion during that particular occasion where we said that we should look at urgent possibilities of having a dam. There is a dam we are proposing to augment the supply of water for Chuka. Therefore, we picked that as a priority project and we will work with that in our plans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the rehabilitation that the Senator is talking about for Chogoria and Chuka is already ongoing."
}