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    "id": 1380862,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1380862/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Article 119 of the Constitution accords any person the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority. Further, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any Petition other than those presented by a Member. In this regard, Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my Office has received a Petition from Hon. Boniface Gatobu of P.O. Box 18812-00100, Nairobi on behalf of the Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a Non-Governmental Organization that supports poor communities living in urban and rural areas regarding enactment of legislation on irrigation infrastructure. The Petitioner states that according to the Kenya Economic Survey of 2022 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the Agricultural sector contributed 22.4 per cent of Kenya's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Petitioner further states that the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto appreciated the significance of the agricultural sector, and has committed to inject Ksh250 billion over the next five years to boost the sector. In addition, he notes that two-thirds of Kenya's land mass require irrigation, and that, only 4 per cent is irrigated. The Petitioner notes that to address the above stated problem, the Government proposes shifting focus from large dams to households or community water projects with emphasis on harvesting and recycling. Hon. Members, the Petitioner thus prays that this House intervenes to amend the Irrigation Act (No.14 of 2019), the Kenya Roads Board Act (No.7 of 1999) and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund Act (No.9 of 1993) with a view to: 1. Changing the 'Road Maintenance Levy Fund' to 'Infrastructure Development and Maintenance Levy Fund' and provide that part of the Fund shall be employed to develop irrigation infrastructure in all parts of Kenya; and, 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"
}