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    "id": 1232426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "issues. This includes the Amatsi Water Company in Vihiga County, Narok Water and Sewerage Company in Narok County, Kericho Water and Sanitation Company, Bomet Water Company and Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company in Uasin Gishu. The Committee made instant directives to the respective governors to restructure the top management and boards of the said entities. I am happy to report that some of the governors have taken some specific steps to restructure the water companies and make them more efficient. Some of the counties are Narok, Kericho, Vihiga, Bomet and Uasin Gishu. The second one is an issue regarding financial challenges. The Committee observed that most of these water companies had material uncertainty in relation to growing concern, meaning basically these water companies are technically insolvent. Therefore, the Committee directed that county governors and the top management to rationalize the staff establishment of water companies to a level that is lean and efficient in service delivery. The Committee further directed that the company management to review the water tariffs to enable them to generate sufficient revenue to sustain their operations. The third one, which was cross-cutting, was the issue of non-revenue water. The Committee noted that most of the companies had non-revenue waters levels exceeding 25 per cent, which is allowable loss as per the Water Services Regulatory Body Regulations and the international best practice. In all the counties we considered, the worst case which had the highest level of non-revenue water was Bomet Water Company. The Committee therefore made instant recommendations and directives to the governor. For Bomet County, we noted that the water company had dilapidated water infrastructure. We therefore directed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to immediately institute investigations with the objective of ensuring that those who will be found culpable are prosecuted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see an hon. Member is excited about that. We have done the same for Kisii County. We have issued a directive to the EACC to investigate the operations of the Gusii Water and Sanitation Company. The fourth issue, which was cross-cutting, was the transfer of assets. We noted that most water companies either maintained inaccurate asset registers that were not up to date or lacked the asset registers altogether. In other instances, the Committee noted that the national regional water bodies that got into contracts with water companies in counties to develop water projects had transferred the associated liabilities to the said water companies but retained the ownership of assets. For instance – my good neighbour Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale should take a keen interest on this – Kakamega County Water and Sanitation Company Limited owes the Lake Victoria North Water Services Limited a whopping Kshs4.2 billion worth of loan, being money that went into the development of a water project in Kakamega County. The assets from the said project were still held by the Lake Victoria North Water Services Limited. In our recommendation, we directed the county governor to put in place appropriate measures and ensure that all assets belonging to the water company are"
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