Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 788061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788061/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 97,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
    },
    "content": "technology from China of using the normal rocks lying all over Makueni and Kitui counties. The residents will collect them and bring them to the contractor who will then arrange them in a way that a dam will be created. I believe the same technology will be used in Tharaka. Such technology means that the local residents are going to get job opportunities and when irrigation starts and their farms will benefit from the dam water. The same water is planned to be used in the construction of the great Konza City which the Government has already started in Kilome Constituency. I believe this is a very good law. The country looks forward to irrigation- based agriculture. I believe these are not the only two main dams and irrigation schemes in the country. There are quite a number of others. If we invest in a number of such projects, it means we will provide Kenyans with food, we will be able to deal with drought sufficiently and the conflicts which arise from drought situations. We have enough rivers in the country from northern Kenya like the Dawa River and many other others. If they are dammed for irrigation, we will settle communities around them and we will even be able to deal with conflicts in some of the counties of northern Kenya where there is cattle rustling. If there are irrigation schemes in those parts of the country, cattle rustlers will get food which is what they are looking for. I believe after the harvest, there will be enough food to feed their animals and reduce conflict. So, this is a very important Bill. I urge Members to support it so that it opens up the way into the future. I also urge the Government to begin investing in irrigation properly. Even the existing irrigation schemes should be maintained. There are other dams being constructed around the country and there are contractors already in Kirinyaga. They will enable us to feed our nation. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Bill."
}