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    "id": 131274,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/131274/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
        "slug": "mwangi-kiunjuri"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Nairobi Chapel is occupying a plot adjacent to the Ministry of Energy demonstration plot for renewable energy. Motoine River flows through the plot to the ASK Showground water dam. The church has constructed a temporary bridge over the water cause and not a concrete barrier on the river as stated. The said plot is also a wetland, but is not the source of the Motoine River as stated by the hon. Member. However, the Ministry is not aware how the church was allocated the plot. The developments on the plot also include tents for the church on one side of the river and a parking lot on the other side of the river. (b) The church had no authority from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to construct any structure on the water source. As a matter of fact, the Water Resources Management Authority issued a stop order to the church on 17th March, 2009 to stop any development on the water source that would interfere with the river flow. The church was also directed to backfill the trenches/drains they had dug on the plot to stop any discharge of waste into the water source. (c) The Ministry is now left with no option, but to demolish any structures which are within riparian area water source i.e. six metres on both sides of the river which must be clear. Since the church did not comply with the order given as the Water Act, 2002, demolition is being arranged with the local provincial administration and will take place anytime from now."
}