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    "id": 1077063,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee observed that there are quite a number of projects under the Ministry whose progress in implementation has been slow and has low absorption rate for the funds they were allocated in the previous year. What we did as a Committee was to look at the low absorption programmes and to reallocate some of those funds to some of the programmes which have high absorption and which will benefit the common mwananchi . We also noted that quite a number of programnes in the water sector are basically funded by donors. The donors target urban areas, especially Nairobi and Kiambu, leaving the rural areas vulnerable. So, the Committee noted that most of the development projects under the Ministry are donor-funded. This high dependency on donor funds poses a big challenge to project implementation due to donor preference and conditionalities. The Committee noted that donors have a preference for supporting water projects in high populated regions like urban areas due to their large economic and social impact. Therefore, there were limited funding available for projects in rural areas where many of our Members here are representatives. This greatly affects the livelihood of the residents as such areas have scarcity of water. There is, therefore, need to change a policy to mitigate the inadequate project implementation by allocating more Government of Kenya (GoK) Exchequer resources to projects in rural areas. In addition to this, there is need to consider bilateral agreements between the national Government and the county governments to provide funding for water projects. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, listening to my colleagues in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works, and Housing, indeed, water is life. Water is extremely an emotive issue. You know, roads are normally constructed to serve across regions, but water is targeted to each and every household. I call for more funding in this sector, so that we can ensure that there is adequate distribution of water in the rural areas."
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