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"speaker_name": "Mr. Mohamud",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) (i) Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) was established in 1979 by an Act of Parliament under Cap.441 of the Laws of Kenya. The Authority covers the following districts: Baringo, Koibatek, Keiyo, Marakwet, West Pokot, North Pokot, Turkana North and South and the western part of Samburu. (ii) The Ewaso-Nyiro North Development Authority (ENNDA) was established in 1989 by an Act of Parliament, Cap.448 of the Laws of Kenya. The Authority covers Laikipia, Samburu, Marsabit, Wajir, Garissa, Mandera, Isiolo, Moyale, parts of Nyandarua, Nyeri and Meru districts. August 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3095 (iii) The two authorities were established for the purposes of promoting socio-economic development through planning, co-ordination and implementation of development projects for the sustainable utilisation and conservation of the natural resources in their areas of jurisdiction. (b) Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) has initiated the following projects in Samburu District since its inception: (i) An ongoing bee-keeping programme established in April 2000 where five registered bee keeping groups namely Loosuk, Pura, Malaso, Nkobeliane and Lolkunono in Kirissia Division were trained and given 20 Kenya Top Bar bee hives each at a total cost of Kshs500,000. (ii) A tractor hire service based in Maralal Town has been availed for hire by farmers at a cost of Kshs1,300 per acre in Loosuk and other agricultural areas of Samburu West at a total cost of Kshs1,910,000. In addition to the above, we want to start new projects in the following areas: (i) A new project is currently under preparation to exploit the high mineral deposits in the Suguta Valley. (iii) Three water pans will be constructed at a cost of Kshs2.4 million in this financial year. (iv) Similarly, we will construct two boreholes at a cost of Kshs6 million. The ENNDA has initiated the following projects in Samburu District since its inception. (i) Installation of a pump for Kisima Water Supply in April 1998 at a cost of Kshs193,000. (ii) Drilling and equipping of Ledero Borehole in 2002/2003 Financial Year at a cost of Kshs3.1 million funded by the Government of Kenya, in conjunction, with the African Development Bank (ADB). (iii) Rehabilitation of Naisunyai Dam in Wamba Division at a cost of Kshs500,000. In addition, ENNDA will undertake the following projects in this new financial year: (i) Develop 25 water points to serve an estimated 60,000 people with their livestock at a cost of Kshs58.5 million. (ii) Undertake catchment conservation in the Lerroki Forest to build capacity for 5,000 people at a cost of Kshs28.5 million."
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