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    "id": 147427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The dams that were constructed by colonial-era farmers in Ol Kalou are 85. The location of the dams is tabulated in Table 1 of the supplementary information, which I made sure the hon. Member had the advantage of looking at. The dams are operational. However, the water storage capacity of the dams has greatly reduced over the years due to silting caused mainly by destruction of their catchment areas arising from human activities. (b) My Ministry has and will continue to undertake de-silting of dams throughout the country aimed at restoring their original storage capacity to ensure water availability for domestic, livestock and irrigation use. In the coming financial year, one dam will be rehabilitated in each district of Ol Kalou Constituency namely; Nyandarua Central, Nyandarua West and Milangine. An additional three dams will also be rehabilitated in the constituency by the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation next financial year. My Ministry takes this opportunity to request the support of this House in educating the public to stop catchment destruction to ensure survival of our dams."
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