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    "id": 1513204,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1513204/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is an issue about Kalawase River floods in Turkana County. I wish to state the following: That the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority has been carrying out flood control in Kalawase River. The objective is to divert the course of the river by excavating a 100 meters wide diversion channel and blocking the old course using gabions. This was done at a section in Kalawase River to protect the destructive flow of the river to Napatet Village in the surrounding areas. They started building gabions at a place called Soweto. There was an allocation of about Ksh250 million for this project. But due to inadequate budget allocation, the money could not be disbursed all at once. In the Financial Year 2021/2022 only Ksh20 million was allocated to the Authority to undertake the excavation of 10 by 2 by 800 meters length at Napatet site. In the Financial Year 2021/2022, the project was prioritised and an additional allocation of about Ksh42 million was disbursed to undertake the same. In the Financial Year 2022/2023, the budget was increased to Ksh.74 million. The works which were undertaken included expansion and diversion of the channel by 30 meters. Currently, because of financial challenges, that project is still ongoing. The last phase of redesigning of the project is ongoing. I have shared this response with the Hon. Member. There is need of an additional Ksh192 million to solve the flooding problem in that area. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I had given the Hon. Member a copy of this response."
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