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    "id": 991236,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/991236/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding flooding in Garissa Township Constituency occasioned by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, (KenGen) opening up its dams. Over the years, perennial floods have continued to ravage Garissa County along the areas of Tana River Basin occasioned by heavy rains and the continuous act of negligence by KenGen by releasing excess waters from its Seven-Fork Reservoirs. These floods have resulted into loss of lives, displacement of people and destruction of properties including farms. Today, more than 8,000 households from Bula Iftin, Bula Punda, Bula Sheikh, Windsor and Ziwani areas in Garissa Town have been affected by the floods and are living in makeshift camps and schools within the town and along the Tana River Basin as depicted and pictured even by the Kenya Red Cross and the Government. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson - I do not mind if I get a written Statement as soon as possible - of the Departmental Committee on Energy on the following: (i) What long-term measures has the Government put in place to address the flooding occasioned by spillage from Masinga Dam into Tana River thus affecting the Tana River Basin and Garissa County as a whole? (ii) What permanent solution is the Government putting in place or is underway to prevent the frequent spillage from Masinga Dam and the Seven-Fork Reservoirs? (iii)Could the Government construct dykes along the river particularly where human settlement is established to prevent flooding? (iv) Could the Ministry consider constructing more dams to collect the excess water and also compel KenGen to compensate the people affected along the Tana River Basin for the loss of lives, livestock and properties? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
}