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"content": "apologising for the last summons that I missed because I had an engagement with His Excellency the President. I will proceed to answer the Question. As a background, the Lower Kuja Irrigation Development Project is located in Nyatike Sub-County, Migori County within the Lower Kuja Basin, close to the shores of Lake Victoria. The project is situated around 400 kilometres west of Nairobi's capital city, almost 110 kilometres south of Kisumu County, 45 kilometres northwest of Migori Town and 15 kilometres west of Macalder Township, Nyatike Sub-County Headquarters. Upon completion, the project covers six locations and 13 sub-locations in Nyatike and Karungu Divisions. In the year 2009, the National Irrigation Board (NIB), as it was called then, now known as the National Irrigation Authority (NIA), commenced a feasibility study, detailed design and the preparation of tender documents for the project, including a pre-feasibility study for a water storage facility, upstream of the project area. This was done by Gibb Africa Limited to carry out the studies, which were completed in 2011. The study found that 7,717 hectares, which is approximately 19,240 acres, could be irrigated using river water at an estimated cost of around Kshs5 billion. Additionally, an extra 22,800 hectares, which is approximately 55,000 acres, could be irrigated by constructing a dam upstream of the project area. The 7,717 hectares that could be irrigated without a dam were fully designed, and because of the physical space, they were divided into six lots for each implementation. The area was divided into blocks with net irrigation areas, as summarised, where we had Sub-Area 1, Sub-Area A, B, C, and D blocks at different levels. Also, the net irrigation area in hectares is given. The total is 7,717 hectares. The land acquisition process for Phase I began in 2012 when Gibb Africa Ltd., was contracted by the National Irrigation Authority to develop a composition for a wayleave acquisition plan for the Lower Kuja Irrigation Development Project. According to the final Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Report that was submitted by the consultants, Phase I of the project required approximately 710 acres for wayleave to facilitate construction of the necessary irrigation, drainage infrastructure and littered facilities. The valuation exercise determined that approximately 2,233 individuals currently owning the required land needed to be compensated in order to surrender their land to the project. The total amount compensation value was Kshs116,751,225. In addition, Phase II, in the year 2014, a consultant by the name Gedo Associates was contracted to offer consultancy services specifically for canal wayleave acquisition plan for the Lower Kuja Irrigation Development Project. The scope of the assignment was to identify the gaps in land acquisition which had not been addressed by the GIBB Africa Limited Report, due to succession issues. The consultants submitted the final report to the Board on 16th December, 2015, with a total of 873 Project Affected Persons (PAPs), with a valuation cost of Kshs87,934,731 for a total number of 534 and 76 acres which were to be acquired for canals. Further, in the year 2020, the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) requested the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, that is in Migori County, to carry out survey and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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