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    "id": 401902,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401902/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chelule",
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        "legal_name": "Liza Chelule",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to issue a Statement in regard to queries raised by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo on the status of the one million acres irrigation programme as provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Mr. Speaker, Sir, agriculture in Kenya is mainly rain-fed and cannot satisfy the country’s food needs. To increase agricultural production, there is need to increase the area under irrigation. At the moment, irrigation accounts for only 1.7 per cent of the total land area under agriculture, but directly contributes 3 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides 18 per cent of the value of all agricultural produce. Kenya has an estimated irrigation potential of 1.3 hectares and a drainage potential of 225,000 hectares; however, 540,000 hectares of the irrigation potential can be developed with the current available water resource base. The remaining 800,000 hectares will require water harvesting and storage equivalent to annual water storage of 25 billion cubic metres. Currently, over 150,000 hectares and 30,000 hectares of land is under irrigation and drainage, respectively. This translates to 27 per cent and 13 per cent of the existing irrigation and drainage potential. However, the area under irrigation is only 9 per cent of the possible 1.3 million hectares that can be irrigated and integrated with water storage development. Vision 2030 provides a clear indication of the commitment by the Government of Kenya to enhance and promote irrigated agriculture to ensure food security. The first"
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