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    "id": 1025291,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1025291/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": "Finally, water is an economic and social right that is envisaged in our Constitution in Article 43(1)(d). It is a right for every Kenyan to access clean water in adequate quantities. However, the kind of funding that we give the Ministry of Water is not commensurate with the demand that is on the ground. Therefore, as a House and as one arm of the Government, we need to relook into our budgets and make sure that we increase allocations for water like now when we have this COVID-19 pandemic. It is so serious that many homes cannot access clean water. It is not only in rural areas but also in Nairobi. We really need to rethink and see how best we can fund water. Maybe after education and health, the next to be funded should be water. Therefore, I support the Report and hope that the Chairman will look into the issues that Members are raising. I thank him for sitting in the Chamber when we are debating this. We do not see this coming from chairmen of committees. I congratulate him."
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