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    "id": 1272051,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1272051/?format=api",
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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": "We have a huge programme of building 100 mega dams for bulk water storage. That programme is targeted at various rivers and valleys within our counties. Majority of the havoc that is experienced in this country is along some of our big rivers. Therefore, we expect to hold water through the 100 dams that we plan to build. We have made expressions of interest and done the invitation of 33 mega dams under the Public Private Partnership (PPP). That process is underway. We expect to conclude within the next six months, with good results of people who have expressed interests, having brought acceptable project development proposals. There is good interest and I can confirm to the House and to the country. In some other rivers, we are building water canals and dykes that we replace to deal with that. Overall, Kenya did not plan for water management. Therefore, the infrastructure that we need is huge to deal with the challenge that the Hon. Senator is raising. I need huge funding to be able to start undertaking to this House that we will deal with floods once and for all. However, we have in place a water harvesting and storage strategy that we have already developed. The strategy then is followed by funding and we are working on that. In Laikipia County, one of the dams that we intend to build is the one in Nanyuki and, of course, Pesi and Malewa. I know Malewa is down to a different county, but Pesi and Kuhurura are within Laikipia and Nanyuki area."
}