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    "id": 1114818,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114818/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Taveta, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Naomi Shaban",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2021 on the National Water Policy. I just want to point out that water is life. By having a policy such as this, the Government would have had one of the most important steps towards realizing our goal. If water is life, then it means most of the diseases that Kenyans are suffering from are as a result of not getting clean water. Most of our people access whatever form of water and because of the long distances they have to travel to get this commodity, sometimes they have to make do with a little dirty water that is found around areas where they live and that has been the cause of many health problems that we have in our country. Travelling to other countries like in Europe, you will realise that you can even collect water from a river and just take it and it will not harm you because it is clean water. In our country, you are not even so sure of what our people are taking because it is at the same place our livestock go to, where all our water coming from uphill go to without having any check dams. It is the same place where very unclean and infected water is washed downstream. It is not enough for us to be having good sessional paper if we are not going to put it into practice. I know we have two levels of government; the national and the county governments now in this Policy. The National Water Policy is spelling out how best they can even engage with the second level of government, so that our people can realise the goal of having clean drinking water. The year 2020 came and passed, and our people are still crying out that they do not have water. There is a policy on affirmative action and in it, emphasis has been put for people with disabilities, youths and women. However, you know where there is no water, it is women who carry the burden. It is difficult for us to talk about water and not talk about women in this country. People walk for kilometers. That time would have been spent doing other useful economic 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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