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    "id": 1114782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo Mabona",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. My apologies, I was consulting with my uncle, Hon. Kaluma. I wish to support this Policy Paper. It is in line with the Constitution of Kenya, especially on social economic rights. Water is life and it is important, especially for women. I want to thank the Mover. In moving, he mentioned certain important principles. However, I was concerned that he has not primed the issue of equality and equity in provision of water. Sometimes we presume that in the areas that we come from, like in Suba North, we have water yet we have people who have to travel distances to reach a water source. We have many people who travel kilometres to get to the lake. One of the things that I want would like us to look at when changing the law to conform to the policy is the issue of equity in provision of water. Another issue that is of concern to me, which I am glad that the Mover mentioned, is the impact of climate change and our responsiveness as a nation in dealing with the impact of climate change. Water can be both a good resource and a bad resource. Because of climate change in my area, we are now facing another crisis which is flooding. Water has become unstable. Wildlife is getting agitated. You can find hippopotamus walking in daylight in peoples home destroying crops. One of the things we must address is the emerging issues with climate change that are increasing human-wildlife conflict and causing displacement like what we saw in Baringo. We saw schools submerged in water because of this. In terms of how we manage our water resources, we must ensure that we find a way of balancing places that have too much and places that do not have. Yesterday we were discussing here areas in northern Kenya where people are dying of drought because they cannot get water yet a few days ago, we had people drowning in my place because of the issue of water. So, that is one of the issues that is of grave concern to me. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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