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    "id": 497038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/497038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muia",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1872,
        "legal_name": "Regina Nthambi Muia",
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    "content": "I propose that the Government should come up with rules and regulations on how to collect and conserve rain water. The Government should also think of sinking dams and boreholes. That is the only way we can help the people. In Ukambani, there are no irrigation schemes. The only people who are doing irrigation are those who have private dams. They irrigate small pieces of land. There should be water to help people and their animals. We expect to receive rainfall form 15th November, or at the end of November. The national Government, or even the county governments, should come up with a decision to sink dams. They should also do gabions along rivers. This is the only way in which you can help people in our areas. They say that the national Government is going to form management committees. I request that women be involved in these committees. Men know very little about water. During the dry season, women in Ukambani wake up at 4.00 a.m. to go and look for water. They walk very long distances. Our women in Ukambani wake up at 4.00 am to go and look for water. They walk for very long distances. I am sure if women will be involved in these management committees, they will also come up with strategies of how to conserve and save water. These areas are always given relief food because there is no irrigation. It is like the Government has ignored them. Therefore, as we discuss this Bill, I am proposing that we also come up with ways of collecting and conserving water so that human beings and animals can be saved during the dry season. I support this Bill. Thank you."
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