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    "id": 1251485,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, Sen. Wamatinga. If you travel to many countries, water is a security matter. If you go to Spain, where they store water is a security zone. You cannot even fly over that region. This is because countries appreciate that without water there is no life. If we have no water, there is no life. You know the agreements around the Nile Basin among the nine counties that share the River Nile. If you threaten the source of the River Nile with even pollution, it can be an act of war. That is how important water is to many countries. Therefore, when a Motion like this is brought to the Floor, it is a matter that we should take very seriously. I thank Sen. Wamatinga for thinking about this matter and bringing it to the attention of the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you started your professional career in Nairobi, you know what water scarcity can subject you to. People who live in this city, in many of the residential areas including renowned estates such as Umoja, some parts of Donholm and Dandora, have intermittent shortages of water. At times, they go for one week with no water. You ask yourself, these are not people living in the rural areas where there are rivers to go and draw water. They get water from vendors but you really cannot vouch for the safety of that water. When we talk about the issue of ensuring that everybody who resides in Nairobi should get water, it is actually a human rights issue. I fully support the issue that has been brought to the Floor with the following contribution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, the Government must stop this idea of not supporting water companies. For Example, in Nairobi, the company that is serving Nairobi does not get any financial support from Government. If you read the current budget, you will see that there is no budgetary allocation to support Nairobi Water Company. The last time we had support for water in Nairobi in terms of dam supply and the like, was in 1980 when the population of Nairobi was 2.3 million. As we speak today, we are doing 5.6 million, and yet we expect Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company to enhance water supply using the revenue that they collect. It is not possible. This is a matter that we should highlight as Senate. The last time we discussed this matter in the last session, the requirement for Nairobi River to regenerate the sewer lines in Nairobi so that you kill this issue you have raised on this Motion of pollution, they need Kshs19 billion. How can we as a Government not be able to give Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company Kshs19 billion to"
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