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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that flooding is a common problem in the western region of this country. The short-term measures that the May 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1231 Government is taking is the construction and maintenance of the dykes. However, the long-term solution only lies in trying to control the floods by constructing dams. This is being undertaken through the new initiative of the Western Kenya Community-driven Programme sponsored by the World Bank, which is being implemented through the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. We are liaising with that Ministry in terms of implementation of that project which is now in formative stages. I do not have a lot of details to divulge at the moment. However, that is the long- term plan for controlling floods. It includes the construction of Koru Dam on River Nyando and Kipkaren Dam on River Nzoia."
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