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    "id": 1191458,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Then came the Second and Third treaties. The 1959 Treaty actually allocated the volumes of water. It stated how many millions of cubic water was supposed to be for Egypt, Sudan and Uganda. The bulk of this water was allocated to Egypt. In fact, in the 1959 Treaty, if I may quote it properly, the allocation for Egypt was 55.5 billion cubic waters or 66 per cent of the volumes of River Nile. A total of 22 per cent or 18.5 billion cubic waters was allocated to the other colonies and 12 per cent was provided for evaporation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you look at that Treaty and the details within which the provision of that Treaty stated, you will see that Egypt, which was the downstream State, was given the bulk of the water. Therefore, as we carry out activities of upstream the River Tana, they should remember in the international treaty, the water belongs to the downstream people. The people upstream must use it with that in mind. We do not have tanks, a military of our own or war machines. However, I am telling you today that if the people of Tana River were to be given those machines, we would cause war against any person who touches that River. That River is life and it gives us our identification. When I was born in Ngao, my umbilical cord was cut and thrown in the River. That is the connection that, that River has with the people of Tana River."
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