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    "id": 1272037,
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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": "It is true we are supposed to be the ones helping with quality assurance and standards so that the issues of governance that the Hon. Senator has referred to, can be dealt with. The relationship between the national Government and the county governments as hon. Senators are aware, especially of the function of water service delivery and the whole issue around water is a ‘love and hate’ relationship. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to use the word “hate” because it may not be very friendly, but this relationship is always complicated and not complimentary to each other. While the national Government has the mandate to develop and manage huge, bulky water resources, there are still cases where the county governments raise issues saying that we are encroaching on their mandate. I am giving this background in order to answer the critical question that the Senate Majority Leader has raised. Reading from the Constitution under Article 43, it is the mandate of the national Government to ensure access to clean, safe drinking water by the national Government. This also includes sanitation. My Ministry has those two under the State Department of Water and Sanitation. Of course, there are others including health and the rest of the Bill of Rights. Therefore, when we do the development of the bulk water resources, it is expected that, simultaneously, the county government would be planning for reticulation or distribution of the last mile case for that particular development."
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