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    "id": 1423198,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "of the dams which should be used for multipurpose. The dams the Senator is talking about are the major source of electricity for our country. These dams were constructed sometime back in 1968. Since then, there has been very little maintenance of these dams. They are silting and overflowing. They are causing a lot of damage downstream. These dams were designed to produce electricity only. However, it is understandable because of the times they were constructed. It is very sad that there are new dams, which were constructed much later in the country, for instance, the Sondu Miriu Dam. It still has the same concept as one of the Seven Forks Dams in Embu, single-purpose dams, which are just producing electricity and not being used for multipurpose, for example, producing drinking water and water for irrigation and other purposes. I hope that these dams, once they are properly maintained, and the downstream dam which is planned to be bigger in the form of the Aswan Dam, will be constructed and will include multipurpose use, for electricity, irrigation and other purposes. This is a lesson to the country. Any other dams that we are constructing in the country should now be multipurpose. They should not just be restricted to electricity. I hope the Committee will investigate this and give us a good report in the House. Thank you."
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