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    "id": 801873,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Josphat Wachira",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I commend the Jubilee Government which has made available money to compensate those communities, but the process has been slow at the National Irrigation Board. Three months ago, we negotiated for about Kshs200 million to be paid to farmers. That money was made available but three months later, only Kshs28 million has been disbursed. Yesterday, I had a meeting with the National Irrigation Board and I could not get a convincing reason why we cannot clear this amount so that this scheme, which is currently a Kshs7 billion economy…. With the Thiba Dam, we will be having a Kshs16 billion economy, which we have been unable to implement since 2012 because we have not compensated these farmers. As we talk about corruption, let us also look at the money lost through projects that are delayed unnecessarily. In 2012, the Thiba Dam would have cost the Kenya Government Kshs12 billion to implement. Today, the same is about Kshs18 billion. We have lost Kshs6 billion because of that delay. That is almost equivalent to any other corruption. I hope the implementers will take it seriously and move forward expeditiously to disburse the compensation money. I commend the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock for being very supportive. We have a balance of Kshs450 million. I am told that money is now available. I hope by the end of August, we can fully compensate these people."
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