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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "regional water bodies. Is it possible that we merge some of the bodies to become one with various departments dealing with management and the other one distribution? Madam Temporary Speaker, then we can take the cue from energy sector where you have Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) generating the electricity, then Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) and Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) distributing. I think that is the structure we need to borrow. I really thank Sen. Faki for coming up with this issue because every time I think about the water complaints from my county and other parts of the country, it goes back to us providing a solution in the law. The Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Mwangi dealing with water issues should not just go and look at the Statement in terms of accountability of the accounts and so forth, but also what amendments we can bring and legal reforms that we can do as a Senate in this very remaining short time. Did you know we have less than a year to actively participate in this House? You know by April next year, nomination of political parties will have taken place. Madam Temporary Speaker, some of you will have won party tickets to be governors. You will not have time to come back here. I know there are a number of governors here including the Governor of Nakuru County who is here. The Governor of Mombasa County is still thinking and he is here. The Governor of Makueni County, Nairobi County and many governors are sitting in this Chamber. Before you go and deal with those problems on the other side, why do we not use this short period that is remaining between now and December, to ensure we relook at the legal framework, to make it possible for county governments to distribute water to their own people and to hold the national Government accountable in so far as establishing the infrastructure for water collection and distribution?"
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