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    "id": 1424335,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1424335/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the biggest promise that this Government made to the people of Kericho and Bomet counties concerning water is the construction of the Bosto Dam Water Supply project in Bomet County and the Soin-Koru Dam in Kericho County. At the time of this administration coming in, both projects were at fairly advanced levels. The information we had was that for the Bosta Dam, the challenge was land acquisition. That intentionally, somebody had decided to frustrate that exercise through the usual monkey games that people introduce when they do not want to roll out a project. It has now been one-and-a-half years, and I would like to know what the status of that project is. On Soin-Koru, works had commenced and the contractor was on site. However, the financing model that had been picked was the worst that you could ever imagine. It is a Kshs20 billion project that is supposed to be Government of Kenya funded. Knowing very well our financial position as a country, it might take far more than the lifetime of this administration and even the next one for the Government of Kenya to cough out Kshs20 billion on a single dam project. Therefore, I would wish to know from the Cabinet Secretary what alternative plans they are making, or am I being too pessimistic? Maybe the Cabinet Secretary has figured out where to get the Kshs20 billion of Government of Kenya cash to build the Soin-Koru Dam. It will be important for us, the people of Kericho County, to know. Otherwise, I appreciate him for his diligence. I know there is another project on Londiani Dam that he is considering, but it is we on the ground who have not provided the land that is needed to roll out that project. Therefore, I will not bother him with that question."
}