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    "id": 1114859,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114859/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "There are other constructions of many other dams going on all over the country. They are even constructing small water pans. We should focus on water harvesting in the country, so that it becomes a major thing. The current challenge is the distribution of water. One time, I constructed a borehole sponsored by the breweries in Makueni, which happened to have a lot of water and has supplied water to my village within a circumference of 10 kilometres. When I was in school, we used to go very far to fetch water. Now, children have piped water in my village. The biggest challenge is how the counties manage water. Sometimes they charge a small fee, but do not bank the money. It disappears somewhere. When a borehole breaks down, there is no one who knows how it should be repaired and they have to again come back to the Member of Parliament to provide a solution. On the issue of boreholes or wherever water is being sold, county governments have really failed. We definitely need a policy so that we can know what county governments should do when that arises. The other great risk is water pollution. During the construction of Thwake Dam, we realised that water from Nairobi is really polluted. Recently, when the President visited Thwake Dam, he insisted on how we could clean up all the water sources, so that the water going through towns like Nairobi and many other places arrive downstream while clean and we do not get polluted water in Thwake Dam. The Athi River goes all the way to Malindi yet the poisoning in Nairobi goes downstream. We need to come up with a solution. I support the policy. This is a great initiative."
}