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    "id": 978836,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to report that in the last Session, we had a set of 16 Questions which were all responded to. We have about three Questions from three Members which crossed over to this Session. One of the Questions was by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nambale. Hon. Bunyasi sought to find out from the State Department of Irrigation what was happening to the Sio River Irrigation Scheme. We indulged the Member. He came before the Committee and it was a joint discussion between the MP for Nambale and Dr. Oundo, the MP for Funyula. Because of the nature of the irrigation scheme and how the Ministry was handling it, the Question has crossed over to this Session. The Committee was scheduled to visit the site so that it can establish the exact situation on the ground. Meanwhile, from the time the Question was put, I wish to report that the Ministry, through the State Department of Irrigation and the National Irrigation Authority, had already briefed the Committee on how far they had gone with the contract. With the ruling which you did last week, this Question should now cross over to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The Member will now be able to substantively handle it from there. The next Question which crossed over is the one by the county MP for Trans Nzoia, Hon. Nangabo. Hon. Nangabo had a Question for the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) on agriculture but specifically in terms of employees. It crossed over because the Committee felt that the Question was supposed to transform into a petition. This is because the nature of the issues which were being canvassed in the Committee was so detailed that it required us to improve on the Questions, when she came before the Committee. It crossed over because of that. Finally, the other Question that crossed over out of the 16 is the one by the MP for Bura, Hon. Ali Wario, which addresses the issue of the Bura Irrigation Scheme. We invited the Member. He came before the Committee and met us together with the Ministry. The kind of issues which the MP raised on the Floor warranted that the Committee visits Bura Irrigation Scheme. The department concerned, namely, the National Irrigation Authority had not prepared enough for us to visit. It sought for extension of time before we go with them to Bura Irrigation Scheme. Therefore, this having crossed over and following your ruling, Hon. Ali Wario will now indulge the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources so that he can pick it up from there in terms of further understanding the Question as he raised. The Question by the Chief Whip regarding Mumias Sugar Company was answered. He is here. He came before the Committee. Almost all the Questions raised by the Members were answered. I can see the Member for Kanduyi. He raised his Question and it was responded to. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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