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    "id": 999392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The request for a Statement by the Member for Lamu is timely. It has, however, been dealt with by the House. Hon. Wario petitioned the House regarding floods that affect the lower Tana up to Masinga Dam that generates hydro power to KenGen, which supplies power to this country. Whenever water levels are high during the rainy seasons, floods affect Garissa all the way to the Tana. People have been displaced and their livelihoods seriously affected. Their houses are flooded and they have been forced to move to higher grounds. This issue has to be dealt with, with finality. Our Committee made several recommendations that are with the Committee on Implementation. They include compensation, people to be moved to safer grounds, the Government to construct more dams down all the way to Masinga and the Tana and Athi Authority to erect dykes to control floods. As we look at the Budget, this House can allocate money for compensation of the affected people."
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