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    "id": 391933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just wondering whether he lives near Mount Kenya. Maybe he heard about Mount Kenya in Nyeri and wanted to come there. I was saying that Mount Kenya has reduced in size because of the ice and all the water which comes down within the borders of Mount Kenya and goes down to rivers, which eventually goes to River Tana and to the Indian Ocean. So, we lose a lot of water. We have lost more than half or about a half of Mount Kenya and it has gone to waste. Our people, especially women, go to great lengths to collect water. Some parts of North Imenti, the constituency I represent, are prone to drought and we get relief food. Relief food is not the answer because it is very undignified for people to be asking for relief food when they have good agricultural land which can be irrigated through the dams. We can create irrigation schemes similar to the ones which are being done in Israel and Egypt. County governments are principally responsible for water matters, but it would be my request to the national Government to not devolve the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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