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    "id": 918981,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/918981/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to join the Leader of the Majority Party, who was our chairman, in thanking the mediation team for taking time to understand the real context of irrigation in this country. This particular Bill has taken more than a year since it left this House to the Senate, before the Senate brought their comments and amendments. This is an example of a Bill that has been delayed because of mishandling by the two Houses. From April last year, the Senate responded back to this House in May this year. And it took another two months for them to agree on the date when we could meet for mediation. So, even as we thank them, we still believe there were some delays that were caused by the Senate in going through this Bill. We believe that what we now have is a mediated version that covers their concerns and our concerns. As a Member who represents one of the largest irrigation schemes in this country, I feel comfortable with the mediated version of the Bill. I would like to note that the real job is now with the Cabinet Secretary to come up with subsidiary regulations to operationalise this Bill once it is assented to by the President. For those who are familiar with the old Cap.347, the problem is not with the Cap.347 itself but with the subsidiary regulations that are associated with that Cap.347. Therefore, I am looking forward to a better job being done by the Cabinet Secretary to come up with subsidiary regulations that will address issues that have been oppressing farmers in irrigation schemes from 1966 when this particular Cap.347 was put in place. With this, I second. Thank you."
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