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    "id": 1114790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114790/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Water is life. If we do not take care of our water catchment towers, very soon this country is going to run into trouble. Most of our water towers have been destroyed by human degradation. People have wantonly destroyed forests. Not long ago, we had rivers bursting with clean water. You could drink that water without treatment. You could just go to the river and drink the water. This has been completely destroyed. Some rivers have dried up. For example, when you look at the Mara and Mau areas, you do not see any hope. Unless we make some great intervention, we are going to face a lot of problems. This Sessional Paper addresses issues of life and human rights. There are some countries that do not even have rivers, but they have clean water that runs in their taps without any problem. For example, desert countries like Israel and Egypt have water. Egypt depends on the Nile whose water comes from East Africa, and they have better use of water than we do. In Nairobi, most of the water goes to waste. People do not have access to clean water many years after Independence. Water is a devolved function that should be dealt with at the county level. County governments should also come up with policies on water usage. All citizens of this country should have access to clean water. I support this policy because it is long overdue. We should all support it. The policy will make sure that water provision is enhanced so that people have clean water. The environment will also benefit when we have adequate water supply. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance."
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