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    "id": 1251424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "In Nandi County, we do not have tsetse flies. I thank you, Sen. Wafula, for that. It shows our colleagues are doing a good job and I commend that. On the issue of non-revenue water, as I said, we lose 430 million litres per year through leakages and pipe bursts. This water is known as non-revenue water. I thank Sen. Wamatinga. He has aptly put it on point. We can tax the 430 million litres. However, we need to be careful as we tax water. By the time water is being harvested into a dam for distribution, it will cost about Kshs5 per litre. However, by the time it reaches the consumer, it will cost 150 times more the production cost of the water. Water users have complained about water loss and we need to be careful. Have you noticed in this city and other parts of the country there is no day water bowsers are off the market? They can never be off the market as long as they sabotage accessibility of water to our homes. For instance, Nairobi County needs 810 million litres per day and we get 550 million litres per day resulting to a deficit of 260 million litre per day to our households. We need enforcement and protection of water. The water bowsers and vendors will not be off the market as long as there is no adequate access to clean and safe water. I thank the Ministry of Interior and National Administration led by Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. The Cabinet Secretary has formed a Water Protection Unit (WPU) in the police unit. The mandate of the unit is to protect the critical and key water installations in the country. They are like the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) who protect strategic infrastructural installations within the Government. I laud the Government and Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki for this innovation so that we do not lose 430 million litres through sabotage and leakages. The Water Protection Unit within the Ministry of Interior and National Administration will facilitate easy collection of revenue and tax for water. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need better access to water. I am happy that President (Dr.) William Ruto has insisted on food security and the issue of dams. My wish is that when I come to Garissa or Mandera counties and other parts of northern Kenya – our condolences and sympathies to the families who lost their loved ones because of the heinous acts of the cowards. These are cowards because they set an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and hide for other people to die. My condolences and deepest sympathies to families and friends who have lost their loved ones through the tragic terrorist attack by cowards. We have to make the northern Kenya productive. The future of this country is not in Nandi or Kisii counties but in northern Kenya. I am told that in Turkana County, we"
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