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    "id": 33888,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33888/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waititu",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 147,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinand Ndung'u Waititu",
        "slug": "ferdinand-waititu"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that due to drought and failure of rains for the last three years in Ijara District, the local people and livestock within Hulugho, Sangailu, Handaro, Sangalo, Jalish and Bothai divisions are experiencing water shortage as the water sources which are mainly pans have not been recharged and are about to dry up in the current dry season. (b) The water sources for these divisions are exclusively water pans. (c) My Ministry intends to undertake the following long-term measures to solve water problems in the said areas:- (i) Undertake water conservation through the construction of large and medium dams in Ijara. This is possible as the district has an annual rainfall of over 600 millimetres which entails surface water harvesting as the best option for water service development. The project will be implemented in the next five years. (ii) Procurement process for the two boreholes to be drilled and equipped at Hulugho and Sangailu respectively in the current financial year 2011/2011 to provide water services in the district has started. (iii) The design of Masalani-Ijara-Hulugho pipeline, which will run across the district, west-east, is complete at an estimated cost of Kshs200 million. The project will be implemented in two years and, when implemented, the project will provide 80 per cent of the residents with clean water."
}