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    "id": 1191452,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "When we were growing up there were ox-bow lakes. When the river receded people used to fish. There are no ox-bow lakes anymore. When we were growing up, the river used to move with force and people used it for irrigation downstream. At the moment, the river has lost its force, and is cutting up entire villages because, upstream, the volume and the strength of the river have been cut down. You will find villages and ancestral homes of thousands of people being cut off because downstream, the river does not have its volume and strength. As a result, it begins to change and now goes to the bushes. Whole communities that never knew lack of water and went to the river to shower have no water. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now the river changes and the Government has not been there to respond to our people. The people have continued to be marginalized and impoverished and nothing has happened. This Motion is asking this House to recognize that as people who are downstream, we have a right as much as those people who are upstream. Anything being done upstream will affect us downstream. We are Kenyans. We did not come here as refugees. We have a right and need to be consulted. This Senate needs to pronounce itself very strongly. The Water Resources Authority (WRA) needs to start looking at the rights of the people who are downstream. We must be consulted on everything that is being done upstream. In this Motion, I have sought to bring to the attention of the House that the Anglo- Egyptian Agreements (AGP) that were signed by the British and the Egyptians were to the effect of protecting water sources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, three treaties were signed by the British and the Colonies that were under the British at that time. Egypt was seeking to protect River Nile because Egypt is at the downstream. River Nile starts from Uganda and other areas and then flows to Sudan---"
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