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    "id": 246803,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wanjala",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Newton Wanjala Kulundu",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There are 11 engineering studies that have been undertaken on flood control and irrigation in the Nyando River Basin since 1963 to date. (b) The companies, Government Ministries and agencies which undertook the studies include M/s C.A.S Consultants, M/s Sames Consultants; the Ministry of Water and Irrigation; the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA); the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA); the Electric Power and Civil Construction Company of China; M/s WLPU consultants from Italy; M/s Inter Consult Company of Rome, Italy, and M/s GIBBS East Africa of Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are 11 study reports carried out, excluding their annexes. The latest report, which was done in 2005, entitled \"The Baseline Survey on the Proposed Project Formulation of an Integrated Water Shed Management Plan for the Nyando River Basin in the Republic of Kenya\", undertaken by M/s Sames Consultants, summarises the previous studies up to the year 2005 and gives the way forward in the control of floods and irrigation in Nyando River Basin. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Questioner has requested that I table the reports. I wanted to table the base line survey for 2005 that has summarised all the studies. Unfortunately, I forgot it on my office desk as I left for Parliament. However, I am ready to do so in the afternoon. The other reports are bulky. The hon. Member can access them from my Ministry's library. (c) My Ministry has already identified two potential sites for dam development in Nyando River Basin. One site is near Koru while the other is around Kibigori. The Ministry has already started carrying out preliminary studies of the dam sites. This includes surveying and geo-technical investigations which will be followed by designs of the dam projects. June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1325 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, implementation of the projects will be done after the designs are complete. The designs will be used for resource mobilisation and allocation. Meanwhile, catchment area conservation activity measures will be strengthened to ensure sustainability of the dam structures. Otherwise, they will be loaded with silt and hence, they will be of no economic value despite the heavy capital investment during and after their construction. (d) Our main consideration has been to make the proposed dams of multipurpose use. Therefore, the dams will be used for irrigation among other uses within the basin."
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