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    "id": 373652,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/373652/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shill",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1465,
        "legal_name": "Elias Bare Shill",
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    "content": "The TARDA has never developed anything along Tana River. We do not see its benefits. So, it is not only compensation that we need. We need a solution to this problem. There are several hundreds of farmers along River Tana. Just think of yourself being a farmer. You wake up one morning and find that floods have swept across your farmland and destroyed your water pump engine. All the irrigation canals in our farm have been destroyed. You had planted almost 200 mango trees, which have also been swept away. All your crops are gone and you had really invested in that farm. They all went overnight, without warning. Hon. Speaker, the two organisations always claim that they warn people through radio announcements. Who says that every Kenyan owns a radio set? We do not own radio sets. Even if they compensate us and next time they release the same water again, the same problem will recur. So, we need a solution to this problem. I believe that the Departmental Committee responsible for energy should take this matter seriously and even visit the people who always become victims of these things because the problem cuts across almost eight constituencies. For example, our policy now is to have a million acres of land under irrigation, so that we produce food. How can we hit that target when the few acres of farmland under agriculture get destroyed?"
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