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    "id": 152304,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/152304/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Ngilu",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 111,
        "legal_name": "Charity Kaluki Ngilu",
        "slug": "charity-ngilu"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Machakos Town has two sources of water, namely, Nol Turesh Pipeline and the Maruba Dam. The normal water supply to the town was disrupted from 24th February to 10th April, 2009, due to a breakdown of a pumping unit at Kima Pumping Station on the Nol Turesh Pipeline. The pumping unit is a high duty specialized type that is not available locally and had to be imported from France. My Ministry spent Kshs8 million to replace the pumping unit and restore the normal water supply. During the disruption, we availed a water bowser to supply water to the residents as a stopgap measure. (b) Rehabilitation of Maruba Dam comprises of raising up of the dam embankment to increase storage, rehabilitation of spillway, expansion of the treatment works and rehabilitation of the trunk pipeline. Raising of the dam embankment and the rehabilitation of the spillway are scheduled to be completed within the next Financial Year, 2009/2010, at a cost of an extra Kshs100 million. The project is scheduled, therefore, to be commissioned by the end of October, 2010. The rehabilitation works are being undertaken with minimum disruptions to water supply to Machakos."
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