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    "id": 798610,
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    "speaker_name": "n. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to confirm to the House that I am one of the Members of the Committee who was on the ground. We were informed by the Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA) when they were on ground that once they issued the license, there are no mechanisms in place to follow up and make sure that those dams are safe. It is time that we come up with regulations and legislation to allow WARMA to supervise the licenses they have issued to various private dams. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this will actually inform this country of the private and big farmers who are obstructing water from the poor wananchi downstream . We have a similar situation in Isiolo County where the rich farmers from Mt. Kenya are blocking water from coming to Isiolo County downstream. The Ministry of Water should investigate all the big farms that are doing that. Thirdly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the issue of insurance. I am sure that Mr. Patel has not insured his workers. In the absence of that, he should be held liable. I am actually appealing, if there is a mechanism, because he has 3,000 acres. Why can he not be forced to donate 300 acres to settle those farmers, because 300 acres is nothing? Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the situation is a bit better than the previous disasters we have had. Kenyans really love each other because there was a lot of food coming---"
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