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    "id": 1347466,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1347466/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Water (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.33 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This Bill was published in the Kenya Gazette Supplementary No.108 of 2023 dated 4th July, 2023. It was considered by the National Assembly and passed on the 25th of August. After that, the Bill was referred to us for consideration. The principal object of this Bill is to amend the Water Act of 2016 to operationalize the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the water sector. You will recall that the President spoke about this during the State of the Nation Address in September, 2022. He called upon this House to help the Government actualize the PPP funding model for the water sector. While this Bill is specific to the water sector, many other economic sectors need to actualize PPP, including the road sector. Many people do not know and appreciate that the only PPP project that the Government of Kenya has successfully implemented for the last 60 years is the Expressway. In the PPP unit in the National Treasury, you will find proposals and feasibility studies. Therefore, as Parliament, this is an avenue we need to unlock. It should not be the business of the Government to fund every project. If we expect to be taxed to support every amenity, project or programme of the Government,"
}