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    "id": 391945,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/391945/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwangi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kamande Mwangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. If there is any Motion to support the Jubilee Government to fulfill its dreams of actualizing irrigation of one million acres of land, then it is this Motion. If there is any contributor to poverty in this country, then it is lack of water. A few months ago, every hon. Member was crying of flooding in their constituencies. A few months later, we are now crying that we do not have water, animal feeds and food. I think that successive governments in this country have failed to actualize some policies which are lying on shelves. After 50 years of independence, we have good brains and policies which are on shelves and they are not being actualized. How come a country like Israel is able to feed its people and yet, it lies in a desert? It is high time we put more funds into this. We need to create more dams. If we could have many dams along our rivers--- If today the seven dams break down, Garissa Town will be nowhere to be found. This is because we have no other dam downstream to break the flow of that water to Indian Ocean. By now the Government should be putting up funds to actualize this thing. I urge the Implementation Committee to actualize this Motion immediately. The last rains in Maragwa created a lot of havoc. Our bridges were broken down and our cash crop destroyed. Today, in a place where we would ordinarily be having a lot of food, following the long rains, we do not have any food. We do not have bridges. If we can have dams, we can feed Maragua Constituency, Murang’a County and Kenya as a whole. As hon. Members, if we can create dams using our respective CDF money, we can help to show this Government where to go. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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