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    "id": 391942,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/391942/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": "from the mountains and hills are conserved and harnessed by way of putting up dykes and dams, the water can be controlled and we will save our roads and bridges from destruction. We will also prevent our soil from going into the ocean. We will have the same water stored for future use. My constituency - Igembe Central - has the Nyambene Hills. Once it rains, the lower side of the constituency is flooded with water with a lot of soil. In fact, houses and plantations are buried and many people are left homeless. In the upper parts of the constituency, there are canyons and gullies and people are marooned; making it impossible for them to move even to the next villages. Immediately after the rains, we start to build dykes and makeshift bridges. In the process, we waste a lot of time and money. Most of the Kenyan land is arable. We cannot compare ourselves to countries like Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others. However, in those countries, there is extensive farming with the little water that is there. They get water from boreholes and use it for irrigation. Here, we have vast land which does not even need fertilizer. But we do not have rain to water the areas so that we can get food. It is high time this matter is looked into critically and resources put together so that we conserve the ecosystem, the soils, the flora and also get water for our people. During the dry spell in my constituency, we have water pans in the lower part which are filled with silt whenever it rains. We have to invest in removing the silt because running water was just left to run into the water pans which have been dug by the Ministry in charge of Agriculture and Livestock Development. Because of poor planning, the soils are carried by the water into the water pans. We need a technological approach of conserving the water. That way, we will save our soils, roads and bridges and then have water for future use. I beg to support."
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