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    "id": 1114798,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114798/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shadrack Mose",
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        "legal_name": "Shadrack John Mose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to also contribute on this very important Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2021 on the National Water Policy, and thus say “water is life”. Water is a social and economic good which is critical for any country to realise sustainable development. Despite the fact that water is a devolved function, one would appreciate that it is applied in both levels of government – the national Government and the county governments. This Sessional Paper provides for those frameworks upon which both levels of government come and prepare their policies and strategies to effectively and efficiently deliver on their mandate of water service delivery. Water is a problem in this country. We experience diverse situations and unfortunate scenarios because like now, if you go to the western side of the country, like Kisii, rain is causing a lot of havoc. Floods are right now killing people in Trans Nzoia and the adjacent areas. On the flipside, Northern Kenya is experiencing a terrible drought. This calls us to manage our water resources. When it is raining and we have abundant water, what do we do to ensure that we tap that water resource? Sessional Paper No.1 of 2021 on the National Water Policy provides a good framework upon which we can be able to deal with the aspect of water. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said earlier, water is life and our Constitution guarantees every Kenyan the right to clean water, a healthy environment, and reasonable standards of sanitation. If you look at our schools, how prepared are we in providing clean water to our 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."
}