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    "id": 391939,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M.D. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "a lot of things including domestic use, livestock use, irrigation, planting trees, regeneration of the aquifer and for introduction of fish farming. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that the constituency I represent which is Dadaab and majority of Garissa County, we are currently facing a serious shortage of water. Many people trek for long distances to get water for their animals and for domestic use. This is because the dams which were there have either been filled by silt and cannot harvest enough water or the rains failed and there was not enough water. Therefore, this Motion really has come at the right time to help people living in these kinds of areas if they are supported with this project to actually harvest water for domestic use. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, currently, of course, the area I represent has no permanent river. We have dry river beds which occasionally have a lot of water when there are floods. For example, the Lagdera riverbed comes all the way from around Marsabit area up to Kismayu and when it rains, the amount of water which goes to the sea is so massive. Construction of multiple dams can actually help in improving the economic lives of the people there as they can engage in farming. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of the current drought, I want to say that I think the national Government has done the greatest part on water because it has been there but most of the resources currently have been channeled to the county governments. My appeal to the county governments especially in these drought affected areas is to become proactive. This is because, for example, Garissa County has about Kshs1.4 billion for water and health which is quite a substantial amount of resources and it can actually help in water trucking especially during this dry spell when people are facing a serious challenge with water. So, with those few remarks, I want to support this Motion and appeal to all Members to do the same. Thank you very much."
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