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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me that opportunity. I rise to support that Motion. I would like to take that opportunity to thank my brother, hon. Wario, who is my neighbour on the other bank of the same river, for bringing that Motion before that House. When I say that, I think it is clearly understood that the effects that he suffers is what I also suffer on the other side of the river. So, that Motion is important to me and to the people of Balambala Constituency, whom I represent. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the floods under discussion in that Motion are definitely caused by the acts of KenGen and TARDA. No amount of excuse should be given to take the blame away from those organizations. I am saying that because in an earlier contribution, hon. Wanyonyi had mentioned something to do with tributaries of other rivers that join that river downstream and cause flooding. From what I know and what was confirmed by hon. Lentoimaga who was once a DC in Garissa and understands that problem very well - there were even the El-Nino rains. Even if those tributaries drain their water into Tana River in their full volumes, there will never be any flooding beyond the banks of River Tana. The banks are quite wide because it is a very big river. However, the day KenGen says that it will open the flood-gates of their dams, that is when hell breaks loose. That is when half of Garissa Town gets submerged in water. That is also when half of the towns of Mbalambala, Bura and further down into Tana River County are swept or destroyed completely. I want that statement to be understood very well. The blame on artificial flooding squarely rests on the shoulders of KenGen and TARDA. There is probably lack of proper management of the dams. The pain is so much to our people because we never even benefit from the national grid whose electricity is generated from the dams whose floods devastate our people downstream. There is no electricity from the national grid in the entire region. So, when we try to explain to our people and tell them that the dams that we are talking about are for the good of our country because they generate power for us, they cannot comprehend. They feel that they are victims who suffer the miseries of other peoples’ comfort. That is from their own definitions."
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