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    "id": 774083,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, as I stand to second this Motion, I would like to make this House aware that all these conflicts we are talking about here, the next frontier is not the cattle, oil and other resources. It will be about water and availability of the water. Since independence, this country has seen Sessional papers, developmental papers and all of them gear towards realization of these facts that the next frontier of conflict will be about resources. It is sad that we have not done very much since independence towards realization of settlement of this important issue. We have not empowered our communities to harvest water. At the moment, agriculture being a devolved function, it is very sad that when you visit our counties they are spending so much money. The resource allocation to infrastructure such as roads takes center stage and very few of our counties are concerned or investing at all in water conservation and irrigation today. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you go round this country, you will see huge institutions that sometimes span over two and half acres of land. However, when you get there, some of them are schools with no water. It is so sad - in fact it is criminal - that managers of these institutions should be called managers at all. Those of us who have travelled know that if you have an institution like the one I just mentioned; our schools, universities and hospitals all over this country should be able to harvest water which can last you for another 12 months. This is not happening. Two weeks ago I happened to visit a farmer in ukambani - some place. I was surprised, you pass through very arid areas and very miserable farms but you land on this farm it is at its peak and you are surprised.There is irrigation throughout the year. But this farmer has adopted drip irrigation; they harvest water when it rains. When it rains in this country we watch as the rain ferries our top soils to silt our dams and all that water goes to the Indian Ocean. A month after the rain stops we are all ‘singing’ disaster and hunger. It is time that this country realised the importance of irrigation; and it has since caught the attention of the government. I am happy that the government has these new programs of irrigation. In going through the Bill and also talking to the ministry involved, 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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