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    "id": 1265941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": " I do not know whether the Hon. Member is referring to the Water Development Works Agency, which is under my Ministry, or referring to a separate water company, for example, the Murang’a Water and Sewerage Company. If it is a water service provider company, that is determined by the governors. They are the ones who provide water. In terms of a new development waterworks agency, we will not be able to come up with a new one, but we can improve our reach if that particular area is not satisfied with the agency's coverage. You are under Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency. We can have a conversation about that. But on the water company, kindly liaise with the governor. The Government's policy and recommendation is that we merge the water companies for better service provision. Most of them are running at a deficit. We have about Ksh100 billion incurred and unpaid to the national Government under our partners through the water service providers. We are not recommending the creation of other water service providers. We want to improve the governance system for better service delivery. The question is on whether we can raise an extra Ksh80 million. We have Ksh50 million for this year. But because the balance is a small amount, we can include that, if Parliament allows it. You are the ones who budget and appropriate. Has it been included in one of the supplementary estimates? It is possible and doable."
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