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    "id": 222843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/222843/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Sugow",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 142,
        "legal_name": "Aden Ahmed Sugow",
        "slug": "aden-sugow"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has allocated funds for construction and rehabilitation of dykes along River Nyando, as follows. 1230 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 9, 2007 Financial Year 2003/2004, no money was allocated; Financial Year 2004/2005, Kshs7.1 million; Financial Year 2005/2006, Kshs24.6 million and Financial Year 2006/2007, Kshs24 million. (b) I am aware that heavy floods experienced in February, 2007, resulted in the damage of a section of the embankment that was still under construction. My Ministry, through the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC) is undertaking repair of this section and constructing new dykes on the downstream of this section. (c) Construction of new dykes on the remaining section of six kilometres will be completed in the next two to three years. My Ministry will continue to undertake routine maintenance works, which include raising the heights of existing dykes, taming of the river, dredging of tributaries and the mouth of the lake."
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