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    "id": 468355,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start by narrating a story; a real story on the issue of Bura Irrigation Scheme (BIS). At one time, the Tana River changed its course and, for a while, irrigation collapsed because the water was passing far away and the pumps were unserviced. There was no funding for the parastatal in charge of irrigation to continue with its work. So, when the last Government came to power and realized that we were importing food and that was not good for us because even the money for importation was not there and, sometimes, the food would come with problems like maize coming in with aflatoxin, we decided to go for irrigation. I remember, hon. Ruto, the then Minister for Agriculture and hon. Ngilu, the then Minister in charge of Water and Irrigation going down to Bura to assess the situation. They agreed that the irrigation scheme must be revamped and revived. They called upon hon. Otuoma who was then the Minister in charge of Youth Affairs to help them. So, the youths were moved with their equipment and the Ministry of Agriculture brought the seeds and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation repaired the pumps. All of a sudden, there was a big harvest of maize. But after harvesting, nobody owned the maize. So, hon. Otuoma said he should be given the maize to feed his people. Hon. Ruto did not know whether he was the owner of the maize being the Minister for Agriculture. Hon. Ngilu who was in charge of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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