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    "id": 1275710,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, from what we have seen from the water companies, over 90 per cent are insolvent. They are not able to run on their own because of so many things such as inefficiencies, corruption, incompetence and lack of capacity for the staff because most of the water companies run as if they were independent of the county governments. However, at least now that we have met with the governors, they have known that they are in charge, in control of these water entities. Most of them have even reconstituted the boards because, in the past, some of the boards of directors ran the boards as if they were independent. When the governors wanted to restructure, some of them even went to court to stop the governors from reconstituting the boards of the water companies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on non-revenue water, from what my colleagues have said, all of them did not meet the allowable threshold of 25 per cent. Probably just one county met it. Others were as high as 82 per cent. Some of them said they donated a lot of water during COVID-19 time. Others, because of dilapidated pipelines and inefficiencies, do not have meters. Some sell water as bulks charging a flat rate of Kshs1,000 regardless of how much is consumed. I believe with the measures they have put as advised by the both the Committee and the Ministry of Water, the water companies will turn around and make a surplus instead of relying on county governments. Some of them get grants to run, but most of them are unable to even pay their own salaries. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, on assets, the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB) might not be necessary to have the water works because they have given some water companies odds and assets. However, those assets have not been transferred to the water companies."
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