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    "id": 788098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "great letdown in terms of inefficiencies and ineffectiveness in doing its job. This is because for the many years that it has existed, we have seen the collapse of the many irrigation schemes that we used to learn about when we were young. The NIB has presided over the death of many irrigation schemes. A few irrigation schemes come to mind, for example, the Tana and Hola Irrigation Scheme that fed the coastal region for so many years. It has collapsed under the watch of NIB. Therefore, I just hope that it is not the case of a different forest, but the same monkeys that we are dealing with here. I just hope that we will have an opportunity to get rid of the characters at NIB who have, for many years, let this country down. The NIB has been largely inefficient. There are characters who have been there for many years just drawing salaries and watching the collapse of irrigation schemes in this country. As we enact this law and set up the new Authority, we need to employ new, energetic, efficient and well-trained personnel who will drive the agenda on food security in this country forward. Otherwise, we shall just be changing the law but continuing with the same bad things that have let us down. I want to draw a parallel and even state that, probably, this Bill will give us a chance to redeem the image of irrigation in this country. The Galana Kulalu Irrigation Scheme was touted as the best model of food production thus assuring food security in this country. What happened? I think out of the 1 million acres, only 10,000 acres were put under irrigation. How much money has been sunk in the Galana Kulalu Project by the same NIB? It has been a national shame and I think the characters that are there have to be held responsible for the mismanagement of the Galana Kulalu Irrigation Scheme. Apart from that, there is the issue of how the scheme was implemented. I thank God that this law now gives us a new opportunity. The county governments whose land was used in the Galana Kulalu Irrigation Scheme were never involved. This Bill provides that counties will be involved in the management of irrigation schemes. Also, it recognises that agriculture is a devolved function. Being a devolved function, it behoves the national Government and the NIB…"
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