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    "id": 497049,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/497049/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "One is trying to put large and medium size dams in arid and semi arid areas, like where I come from in Ukambani, areas like Kajiado, the Maasailand and North Eastern. Those areas where there are big rivers and whenever it rains, water drains to the ocean and a few weeks later people have nothing to celebrate because water has gone and there is no rain for close to a year. In our budgets, both the county governments and the national Government, because water has been devolved, we have to put in a lot of money for building mega dams, not for generation of hydro- electric power but dams that will also provide water for irrigation. The English say, “water is life”, they do not say “road is life”, “health is life” or “railway is life”. Water is very important. That is why every hon. Member either in the county governments or in the National Assembly have to put a lot of emphasis on the funds that are allocated to water. Where I come from there are big rivers such as River Kauwi, River Matinga, Mutonga River, Tiva River and Athi River. All those are big rivers that pass through my place. It would be very good for this Government to put up dams because we have big areas which are uninhabited which can be used for agriculture."
}