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    "id": 1100084,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1100084/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to congratulate the Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network for having faith in this Sensate and bringing this Petition. They want to expunge offending provisions in the Water Services Regulations (2021) and Water Resources Regulations (2021). It is sad that we, as a country, should continue buying water. Under Article 43 of the Constitution, particularly Chapter Four on the Bill of Rights, access to clean and safe water is a basic human right. We have failed the nation. We have failed our people because access to water is a basic human right. Everywhere in this city and villages where we come from, the retailers of water provide more water than our ordinary water and sanitation companies that we have across our counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very unfortunate that we are regulating the small scale water suppliers and kiosks that continue to provide this highly looked after commodity, especially this time we have the COVID-19 pandemic. As we push for vaccinations, our people majorly depend on water. This water is needed, especially for washing hands to keep the COVID-19 pandemic at bay. Water should be accessible and affordable to all Kenyans. The Government must take its rightful position to make sure many Kenyans access clean and safe water. As I speak, in line with this Petition, we have many dams that had been earmarked to be funded and constructed by the Government like the Arror and Kimwarer dams that were scaled down. The construction reason of those dams was scaled down because of politics than what we were made to believe. We have even heard the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) saying that he cannot charge anyone in the case of the Arror and Kimwarer dams because he knew that it was politics. Keben Dam in Nandi County is worth Kshs7 billion. If it is constructed, it will solve 70 per cent of water problems in Nandi. Karimenu II, Thwake and many damns and boreholes in the North Eastern Region should assist our people to access clean and safe water. I was shocked when I saw the Governor of Isiolo, I do not know his name, busy"
}