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    "id": 788113,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788113/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyoro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13370,
        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "There is also a challenge in terms of regional disparities when it comes to allocation of irrigation resources. It is my prayer that the new outfit we are creating to oversee our irrigation and irrigation projects will allocate resources to where we can get maximum or optimum benefits. It makes all the sense to give resources to the counties that have comparative advantage in terms of farming because output and productivity will be more optimal in those areas. Another limitation is cost, and my colleagues have associated well with this point. Agricultural and irrigation projects are very expensive. I am sure the Government will see it wise to always allocate enough resources to the outfit that will oversee those projects. One of the challenges I have seen, even in my constituency, is lack of community involvement in those projects. That is why we see so many “white elephants”. Projects are implemented to completion according to NIB but, according to the people - the users - the project does not benefit them. That is because they were not involved from the inception of those projects. I am so happy that NIB has noted some of those points. In some of the projects we are implementing in Kiharu, one of the surprising elements is that the Government is no longer providing labour resources. The community has to provide labour. I associate with that directive. When our communities are involved in digging the trenches and owning those projects, we maximise on the benefits. I have heard many Members talk about countries like Israel, which actually invented the use of drip irrigation. Another example of such a country is Egypt. I was there last week. I saw a lot of things happening. Productivity has gone up in a country like Egypt, which is of a lower production rate than Kenya. I am trying to summarize because I have seen the light."
}