{"id":251224,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/251224/?format=json","text_counter":134,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. C. Kilonzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":46,"legal_name":"Charles Mutavi Kilonzo","slug":"charles-kilonzo"},"content":"asked the Minister for Water and Irrigation:- (a) whether he is aware that two permanent rivers, namely Athi and Thika Rivers, serve a big part of Yatta Constituency; (b) whether he is further aware that these two rivers offer immense potential for canals that can be used for small-scale irrigation schemes; and, (c) whether he could consider initiating small scale irrigation schemes for poverty reduction along the two rivers."}