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    "id": 1251487,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1251487/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "ensure that they connect everybody to the sewer line so that we deal with this issue of pollution? They have made that request. They told us that some of the pipes supplying water and maybe that is what you take, were laid down in the city in 1932 by a mzungu . Up to today, those are the same pipes that are supplying water to the residents of Nairobi. All they need is just Kshs10 billion so that they can regenerate those pipes and what you get in your respective houses is not polluted. They told us that some of these pipes have cracks and the sewer breaks. They then run through some of these areas where they pass through and they end up going to the pipes that supply you water. When the water comes to your house, it is already polluted. The problem with the Nairobi River is because of broken sewer lines. The sewer breaks and it finds its way to the Nairobi River. That is why the Nairobi River is one of the most polluted rivers around. We really must urge the Government to set aside funds to support the Nairobi Water Company which is taking care of 5.6 million Kenyans so that we can have clean water in our houses. If you go to other countries in Europe, you are told tap water is safe and you can drink it. If you go to Australia, they tell you, you do not need to buy bottled mineral water, you draw clean water from the tap, drink it and you are okay. If you try that in this country, you will be knocked down by typhoid and other water-borne diseases. This is a matter that honestly speaking, should prick the consciousness of the Government of the day so that we give Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company the monkey they need. In totality, it is just Kshs29 billion and you have a healthy population, clean water, and a sewer that is working and serving."
}