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    "id": 788152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hulufo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13348,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
        "slug": "hassan-oda-hulufo-2"
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    "content": "Most of the times, irrigation schemes are created in ASAL areas and this is a source of conflict. In this proposed legislation, there is provision which talks about inter-catchment planning. When a river is emanating from a county and it is intended to be used in another county, it acts as source of conflict. There is provision for handling that kind of tension between different counties. It is something which makes this Bill very good in addressing the challenges that we have in implementing irrigation in our country. It also appreciates and recognises irrigation water users as a group which can work together, discuss their issues and resolve their conflicts. If they are not able to resolve their conflicts using their own internal mechanisms, they can go to the regional conflict resolution board or the water appeals board. This kind of arrangement has not been backed by law in the past. It is something we need to appreciate. We have situations in the past where money is pumped into irrigation schemes like it happened in Bura, and when farmers realise a bumper harvest, there is no provision of taking care of the bumper harvest, in terms of post-harvest storage, so that we do not have farmers incurring post-harvest losses. This proposed legislation also provides for support in terms of the marketing of produce which is realised from irrigation schemes. The NIB used to mainly focus on their own schemes. But we have a lot of local schemes. This proposed legislation also considers supporting private irrigation schemes and community irrigation schemes. It is a positive thing. It also provides for supporting of research needs identified by counties. In the past, research was done at the national level. What was tried in parts of the country, if it was crop varieties, was assumed to be appropriate for another part of the country. It provides for working with the counties and supporting specific research needs. There are a lot of positive things which I have noted. My time is out, but I support. We need to adequately fund the authority which is going to be established by this proposed law. We need to ensure that we do proper oversight to make sure the money that is allocated is not misappropriated."
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