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    "id": 391980,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ola",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2328,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "I want to assure this Government, it being a digital one, that if these rivers, that is, Tana, Nzoia, Athi and Galana had high dams, we would not be relying on climate. We would not be talking about dry seasons because we would be irrigating our farms round the year. I know that when the rains come in November and December Athi River which criss-crosses my constituency will flood. I know that my CDF emergency kit will be swallowed because I will need to resettle displaced people. We need to put legislation in place to enforce environmental laws. Some time back there were some laws where people living along river banks were not allowed to encroach 100 metres near the river. What do we see now? So many people have settled near the rivers. Actually, some people live ten feet away from the river. This is what is contributing--- The river comes with its negatives. Most of our cities are stone cities. So much water is collected by our buildings and yet our drainage system is questionable. It is high time we came up with legislation that water harvesting is a must. This way, we could minimize running water which erodes our top soil. If we can build these dams the way the Mover of this Motion has suggested then we will help our water table come up. This is because much of the water will be stored in the dams. Instead of wasting a lot of money through the CDF and the Ministry in charge of roads building water pans, it is high time we came up with, say, three dams. We have dams like Masinga and Kindaruma. We need now to have dams purposely for agriculture and fishing. These dams will hold water for us. Because of the climatic changes, we have seen water levels rising. This is contributed by the water which runs to the ocean. It is time we resolved that Israel and Egypt cannot be the nations to beat us when it comes to agriculture and yet they lie in deserts. I want to challenge the Minister in charge of agriculture and the President to come up with these dams so that we can stop this flooding and we save our people and property. This House needs to increase the budget on such activities. I stand to support this Motion."
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