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    "id": 1085191,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I know where that information was going because I know the politics of water. The politics of water across the country is that where the water is from, is usually left out and the lower water consumers get the benefit of water distribution. Taita Taveta County, just like Elgeyo Marakwet County which gives water to Uasin Gishu County and have genuine concerns that water distribution must be fair. That is where I was going. The water companies like the Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company (ELDOWAS) for Eldoret, for example, they are able to get water from Elgeyo Marakwet County. However, the water is being distributed in Uasin Gishu County. There is no role that Elgeyo Marakwet as a county is playing in terms of accountability. Also, the resource that come back to be ploughed back to distributing water in the areas where that water originates from. That is the same story you hear about Nyeri and Murang’a counties. They are talking about we want to sell our water to Nairobi and you can hear now Taita Taveta County. Madam Temporary Speaker, the whole structure of water management and distribution needs to be relooked at so that when we are doing division of revenue here, we know how much money can be given to counties and their role is distribution. Then the role of county governments becomes purely distribution. The role of the national Government is to put in place the infrastructure for collecting the water, building the dams and the management of the water resources, which is the function of Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA). We also need to discuss in the context of the Mwongozo Proposals that came from the task force that the President put in place to look at parastatals whether we need all these parastatals in the water sector operating. You have Water Towers, WARMA and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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