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    "id": 788147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Odege",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13459,
        "legal_name": "Tom Mboya Odege",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Irrigation Bill and the creation of an authority. I am a Member of Parliament residing in Nyatike Constituency where we have a scheme called the Lower Kuja Irrigation Scheme where the Government has invested Kshs1 billion. I want to raise a concern about availability of water. Even though we have two permanent rivers crossing our constituency to discharge their waters in Lake Victoria, we do not have a reasonable dam to sustain that scheme. There is a proposal by the Government to create a dam which would involve four constituencies, namely, Ndhiwa, Awendo, Uriri and Nyatike. The creation of this dam will help the scheme to sustain itself because water for irrigation will be available. In fact, the scheme will turn many parts of Nyanza region into food-secure areas. Here in Parliament, we allocate funds for projects, but the most unfortunate thing is that we do not have the ability to follow up to see whether or not there is value for the money when it goes to projects such as the setting up of irrigation schemes. Take for instance a project where Kshs1 billion was pumped into, you will be surprised that people whose land was acquired by the Government still walk around making claims. When I visited the Ministry and the NIB, it was very shocking to find that money meant for farmers down there has been misplaced and misused 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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