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    "id": 788065,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "the counties of Kitui, Garissa and Tana River. It is therefore one of the most useful water resources that the country is going to have in terms of irrigation. However, on the part of my constituency of Tharaka, we have welcomed the construction of this dam purely because it may bring what we term as peripheral benefits, including employment of large sections of the population. It is also likely to supply water to some parts of my constituency. Most important, it is likely to assist the country in power generation. I urge the Government to bear in mind most of the time that this dam is likely to displace many people from Tharaka Nithi County and Mwingi North in Kitui County. People in those areas have always expressed their desire to support the project, provided they are adequately compensated for their land. It is compensation that goes into their minds. They constantly remind me to argue for them in this House that if the High Grand Falls Dam is to come to fruition, then they must also be properly compensated for their land and for their development. I wish to notify the Government that we will be imploring it to ensure that the people who are going to be displaced by that project are well compensated. Before I sum up, it is important, again, on my own behalf and on behalf of my constituents, to state that there is another dam in the upper parts of Meru County called ‘Kithino’, which is designed to supply irrigation water for the people of Tharaka. Kithino Dam has been designed and is about to be implemented. I hope funds have been allocated to this project through the budget-making process, which we have just concluded. I urge this House to allocate sufficient funds for Kithino Dam to be constructed to completion so that the people of Tharaka can be supplied with water for both domestic use and irrigation. It is vitally important. Having gone through the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons for this Bill, I appreciate that this is one of the most important laws that this House needs to pass. I therefore urge the House, in support of the Government effort, to ensure that our country is brought under greater coverage of water for irrigation and domestic use. There is need to pass this Bill and enable the Government to implement it. With those remarks, I support."
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