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    "id": 189943,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/189943/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Minister for this detailed update on the progress on this very important project. I also want to acknowledge the splendid rehabilitation work that has, indeed, happened at one of the points that the Minister mentioned in her progress report, that is the rehabilitation works at Makunda, at a point called \"Bwaluang'a\". However, there are certain issues that I would beg to be clarified further or noted by her. One is that this very crucial project seems to be becoming a hostage of the usual State bureaucracy, with a lot of focus on boardroom activity and very little action on the ground. I would like to plead with the Minister that there should be more activity out in the field and less of the boardroom activity. A lot of the achievements that this report acknowledges have been in the board and training rooms but not much actual activities on the ground. I would also like to hear some specific actions undertaken on some of the issues that the Minister has mentioned, including this evaluation of tenders and the hiring of a consultant. I would like her to indicate to the House when exactly--- I am looking at page 3 of her report, where she talks of completed evaluation towards hiring of a consultant to undertake a feasibility study for the repair work of two mini hydro power projects in Kaimosi and Yala. Perhaps hon. Members in whose areas these two places fall may want to tell the House the progress of that particular aspect of the project. There is also the establishment of the flood early warning system and daily watch bulletins. I have not come across any of these daily watch bulletins and I wonder whether the residents of Budalang'i have access to these bulletins and early warning system. Then, of course, the rehabilitation of the catchment areas of Mukuiywa, Moiben and Sosian sub-catchments. I do not know whether that is a planned activity or whether it has, indeed, taken off and is going on. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on page 4 of the report---"
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