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    "id": 667916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/667916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2802,
        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "I support and also state that, as the Executive reorganises the Government, it is important to check, after the adjustments, whether the relevant Government departments are aligned with our Standing Orders so that the rightful Committees can oversee the running of these ministries, especially Water and Irrigation. As Hon. Amina put it, it is important that the National Irrigation Board (NIB) is properly placed under the Ministry of Water. Most of the work the NIB does is water infrastructure. Therefore it is important to align that department with the Ministry of Water. Regional Authorities is another State department which has been moved to the Ministry of Planning. Again, Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) are supposed to do development of water infrastructure. Like the previous realignment of the Government through an Executive Order, this department has been moved to the Ministry of Water. Therefore, we oversee these RDAs as the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources but their mandate is in a different ministry. It is very difficult to scrutinise what these people do. Therefore, the President should be well-advised on where to place these RDAs. I will be very happy if they are brought to the State Department of Water because their mandate now is to build multi-purpose dams. They should be moved back to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Therefore, I support the Motion to adopt the Report on the Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2015/2016 Financial Year."
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