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    "id": 193088,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193088/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Matuu Town is experiencing water shortage caused by low flows from the Yatta Canal whose source is Thika River. The low water situation at the intake to Matuu Water Supply is caused by dry whether conditions, siltation of the canal and increased consumption by upstream water consumers especially the irrigation farmers. However, with the construction of the Yatta Dam, the problem will end. Meanwhile, the Ministry wishes to advise the residents living along the canal to give priority to water for domestic use before obstructing water for irrigation. (b) My Ministry, through the Water Resource Management Authority and Matuu Water and Sewerage Company, has increased surveillance of the Yatta Canal to ensure proper and equitable utilisation of this scarce resource. My Ministry will rehabilitate two water storage reservoirs situated next to Matuu Town to store canal water during the rainy season for to use during the dry season when the flows are over. (c) I am aware that Matuu Town has no sewerage system. (d) Due to budgetary constraints, construction of sewerage systems for towns in the country is based on a criteria which takes into account the population of the town to be served and the quality of waste water generated with regard to the capacity of the water supply to the town. Construction of sewerage system for Matuu Town is being considered based on this criteria."
}