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    "id": 126700,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/126700/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Northern Water Services Board is among the seven water services boards covering various regions that were established in accordance with the Water Act, 2002. The Board covered nine districts at its inception, which constitutes 43 per cent of Kenya’s land mass and 75 per cent of Kenya’s ASAL regions. In undertaking its mandate, the Board and the water service providers, under its jurisdiction, have faced several challenges, which include, among others, large coverage areas that have poor communication networks, high cost of water production due to pumping water supply systems, lack of adequate portable ground water potential, high evaporation rates for surface water reservoirs, insecurity, inadequate technical and skilled manpower due to harsh environmental conditions and lack of infrastructure. My Ministry will split the Northern Water Services Board and assess the viability of splitting other water services boards with due consideration to their sustainability, service provision levels, investment, infrastructure and staffing requirements. (b) Curving out of new water services boards from the current boards will be undertaken upon completion of the assessment mentioned in (a) above."
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