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    "id": 1100091,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support the Petition. I want to congratulate the petitioner for bringing this Petition before this House. The Petition is relevant and timely because water is a basic need. Even here where we are seated in the Senate, we have water before us. That shows how important water is in our lives and for our daily needs. When the petitioners says they lack access to clean and safer water, it is very true. Out of the 50 million Kenyans, between 17 million to 19 million people have no access to clean water, including people who live in the City of Nairobi. Many of these people are suffering because their daily needs are dependent on water. I want to concur with the petitioners on their plea and plead with the Committee consider this matter seriously because water is life. Without it, we will all die. What is the point of having the Ministry of Water and Sanitation if the public lacks water? Let us do the right thing for the Kenyans. Let us uphold our mandate and our responsibility to give Kenyans their rights and what they deserve. My colleagues have talked about the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the regulations and guidelines regarding COVID-19 is that we need to wash our hands. If we do not have water, what do we wash our hands with? If we do not have water, how do we eat? How do we live? How do we farm? The Kenya Government mostly relies on agricultural food. Agriculture is all about water. I totally support the petitioner and I want to urge the Members of the Committee who this Petition will be under their scrutiny, to come up with lasting solution to this problem. They should summon the right people and solve this problem of water. Water is a basic need and we need water in Kenya. We have semi-arid and aid areas in the country. We have programmes to supply water to those areas. Let those people who are responsible for water programmes make sure that there is supply of clean and safe water to Kenyans because that is their right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Petition."
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