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    "id": 401917,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401917/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I thank you for ordering the Committee yesterday to issue this Statement. You can see that some of my colleagues were impatient with the answer given because some of information is not very relevant to what I had asked. In this manifesto, it had been clearly mentioned that one million acres will be done within the next five years. That translates to 200,000 acres per year. Sen. Chelule says to irrigate 200,000 acres of land will cost them Kshs40 billion. This means that Kshs40 billion was supposed to be set aside this year for irrigation. From the answer, it is only Kshs3.2 billion that has been set aside. Is this project going to take off if what is required is Kshs40 billion and they have set aside only Kshs3 billion in this financial year? Secondly, they need to clarify the issue where an advertisement for expression of interest for consultancy was done in June. They are now in the process of awarding the consultancy. It means that when the consultancy is given, there is a possibility that the real actual work to be done on the ground might not take place this year, given that only Kshs3 billion has been set aside. I had also asked about the agenda of the Government to eliminate hunger that has become very stubborn in Kenya for long. Why were Galana and Kulalu private ranches in Tana River and Kilifi chosen when we know we have 47 counties? I expected the cake to be shared so that hunger can be mitigated. In Turkana County, for example, a lot of water has just been discovered. I expected a huge amount of about Kshs50 billion or Kshs100"
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