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    "id": 788064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788064/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "The Bill has made elaborate provisions on how irrigation services are going to be offered and regulated in the country. There has also been creation of the National Irrigation Development Authority to take the place of the National Irrigation Board which has been carrying out the duties of irrigation in the country. My own observation is that if the provisions of this Bill are brought into force, then irrigation is likely to take another dimension in the country. The country is likely to realise the fruits of what comes with irrigation. It is important to mention that the water shortage problem in this country is quite big, especially in my constituency of Tharaka. The shortage can only be alleviated through the process of harnessing water for both domestic and irrigation use. That is why we have come to the mention of one of the biggest dams to be constructed in the country – what is likely to be the second or third largest man-made lakes in the world. The High Grand Falls dam, which is proposed and which is likely to cost over a billion Kenya shillings, is to be constructed in my constituency of Tharaka bordering Mwingi North. This Dam is purely for irrigation purposes in the lower parts of my county of Tharaka Nithi but highly and majorly, the irrigation is to be in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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