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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, there are eleven clarifications. The first one is from hon. Wario about the date of commencement. That was the agreed date of commencement with the Ministry officials. We will have to follow that date of commencement. We will ask the Ministry why they have not started. On the question from the Member for Samburu West as to why the youths were not involved, I have a background on the mindset of why the money was put in the National Youth Service. One of the reasons why it was done this way was because the works were highly inflated and the vision of the Jubilee Government was that we should not have institutions that have machinery and we do not use them. So, the initial plan was for the NYS to use the machinery they own and their trained expertise to do the dams themselves. In essence, the budget was lower than when it is given to commercial contractors. That is where the problem began. That is why they could not advertise this as a youth activity and the bulk of the work would be done internally with the machinery owned by the regional authorities and water services boards. That is why the youth were left out. On the issue of the involvement of Members of Parliament on selection - and this question has been asked by Members for Samburu West, Turkana East, Daabab, Kwanza, Wajir West and Baringo South--- They are concerned about the need to involve local Members of Parliament. The Ministry informed us that their source of information on where to place those dams was based on the already done studies on the placements of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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