{"id":45650,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/45650/?format=json","text_counter":77,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mrs. Mugo","speaker_title":"The Minister for Public Health and Sanitation","speaker":{"id":85,"legal_name":"Beth Wambui Mugo","slug":"beth-mugo"},"content":"The team was conducted on a review tour of the entire town’s sewerage treatment and soak sites, after which a consultative meeting was held. The following are the visible areas of progress observed by the team:- (i) exhausting of the septic tanks is being carried out on a daily basis; (ii) all the overgrown vegetation around the septic tanks and soak pits has been cleared; (iii) incomplete dislodging of the three main septic tanks is complete; (iv) three additional soak pits have been dug and two more rehabilitated; (v) a local contractor has been engaged to construct extra septic tanks and five extra soak pits; (vi) a budget of Kshs24 million has been drawn by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation for these contingency works for the next two years; and, (vii) missing manhole covers have been replaced, and my Ministry will continue with surveillance to ensure compliance."}