{"id":373608,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/373608/?format=json","text_counter":64,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, aware that the heavy rains experienced across the country have caused flooding in many areas such as Tana River; concerned that the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA) and the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) have been draining water from their dams to River Tana; deeply concerned that people living downstream have been displaced, property destroyed and loss of livelihood following the artificial flooding occasioned by these two government agencies; this House resolves that TARDA and KenGen should immediately stop draining water from their dams to River Tana, come up with a mechanism to control the flooding and consider compensating the people who have been affected."}