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    "id": 93290,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/93290/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kaloki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Philip Kyalo Kaloki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important budget of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Let me begin by appreciating the work of the Ministry headed by Mrs. Ngilu and her staff for doing a lot of good to this country. When the Minister took over - and this is an area where I wanted to highlight--- If you look at what the Government was able to fund, including donor funding, the total amount was coming to about Kshs12 billion. At the moment, that budget has gone all the way to Kshs34 billion. About Kshs11 billion is from the Government and the rest is coming from the donor community. This is a combined effort which I wanted to highlight and appreciate the Ministry for a job well done. I am saying this because I come from an area where water is a problem. I come from Kibwezi and, for many years, we have been suffering because of lack of water. No Government funding has been allocated to alleviate the suffering in that area. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this story can only be appreciated by hon. Members here. I can say that the Ministry has been able to come to our aid and we have been able to get some water irrigation programmes going on at the moment. We appreciate the programme that will start soon from a water catchment area called Umanyi and our people will benefit. The Ministry knows that we have two major sources of water there. We have Athi River which can help our communities all the way from Athi River Town, Makueni and Kibwezi. That river cuts across so many constituencies and districts. This is an area where we can have large dams and our people can benefit from adequate water supply for irrigation. That way, they can grow their crops. They will also have water for domestic use. We also have water from another important water catchment area called Mzima Springs which is within Chyulu Hills in Kibwezi. Mzima Springs is a good source of water. If we can fund the extension of water, we can cover many constituencies in the lower part of Makueni, Kitui, the entire region of Kajiado and parts of Kibwezi. Mine is to register my appreciation to the Ministry and appeal to Members to continue funding this Ministry and, maybe, next year, we will be able to talk about Kshs60 billion to meet our commitment to this country. Thank you."
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