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    "id": 399412,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/399412/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2336,
        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "Thank you very much Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion. I also wish to thank hon. Sunjeev for bringing it to the Floor of the House. The Motion actually speaks for itself. A lot of water goes to waste in this country during the rainy season. Year in, year out we have farms, houses being washed away, and the Government in its wisdom or lack of it, has never thought of constructing water dams which should be able to tap this water for use during the dry season. I, therefore stand to support this Motion. I have in mind the people of Mbeere, which is a semi-arid place. We have the Seven Folks dams, and the water from those dams is actually of no assistance to the people within the vicinity. You will be shocked that for one or two reasons water is being tapped from Masinga Dam and Kamburu Dam and taken all the way to Kitui while the people of Mbeere, who have given out their land, who even gave out free labour and who were not compensated for the land that they gave for the construction of these dams, have never benefited from even a litre of water from those dams. We are not saying that we are going to go the Masinga way, where people are actually demonstrating against that water going to Kitui; but soon, if you are not going to give us water to assist the people of Mbeere, we will have no choice, but to use the language that the Government and the Ministry of Water understands most and I believe that is taking my people to the streets, so that they can listen to us. I have been pushing through the National Water Corporation, to have one water dam constructed in Mbeere. For the last two years, money has been channeled to other constituencies and we have not seen it fit to construct a water dam in Mbeere. So, I stand this morning to support this Motion so that at least, water dams can be constructed all over the country and also in the semi arid areas for use, one, in irrigation, two for bathing and for other domestic needs. I stand to support this Motion. Thank you, Deputy Speaker"
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