Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain the steps the Ministry has taken to guarantee t…
Question
The Member for Manyatta (Hon. Gitonga Mukunji, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation: - Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain the steps the Ministry has taken to guarantee that upstream irrigation schemes do not jeopardize downstream consumers’ access to water and equally provide a detailed report on water abstraction activities in rivers within Manyatta Constituency and the sustainability thereof? (ii) explain the rationale for re-directing water from the River Rupingazi to Mbeere South Irrigation Schemes at the expense of farmers in Manyatta Constituency who are suffering from drought, as well as the strategies in place to ensure that irrigation scheme abuttals are compensated for being exempted from the use of water tapped for re-direction into these Schemes? (iii) state whether public participation in the review of the rates for the water use charges in the different permit categories was effectively carried out as well as the steps the Ministry has put in place to ensure that the infrastructural development of Nginda Irrigation Scheme is up to par with the increase in farming activities within the Scheme?