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    "id": 1423164,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1423164/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyi Mundigi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the standing Committee on Energy regarding the conversion of the Seven Forks Hydroelectric Dams in Embu County from single-use to multipurpose use dams. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the rationale for the continued under-exploitation of the full potential Masinga, Gitaru, Kamburu, Kindaruma and Kiambere dams solely designed for the production of electricity, stating why they have not been converted into multi use dams to provide water for irrigation and household use within Embu County. (2) Outline the necessary policy and structural adjustments required to enable the distribution of water from those dams to areas such as Kindune, Kianjiro and Kiambere Hills for all gravity field systems to irrigate farms in Mbeere South and Mbeere North constituencies. (3) State why the State Department for Energy has never considered the impact of converting hydroelectric dams into multipurpose dams in transforming other sectors of the economy such as hydro, tourism, horticulture, miraa cultivation, crops and fruit farming in addition to electricity generation. (4) Explain the social economic advantage facing the cost of repurposing the Seven Forks Hydroelectric Dams into multipurpose water reservoirs. I thank you."
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