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    "id": 1372248,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1372248/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "If we can allow ourselves to pass this Bill that is the verdict the people of Kenya are going to say about us. The issue of bulk water supply cannot be a national government function only. Allow the counties to develop capacities to do bulk water supply. However, this Bill simply limits that to the National Government by giving that to the regional waterworks authorities and storage water authorities. When you talk about privatization, we all support it. However, we must know that PPP are not cheap. They are very expensive. What we are going to see is a scenario where the cost of water is going to shoot up. It is going to go up. The moment we pass this Bill, that is what is going to happen. This House exists to protect devolution. However, the biggest enemy of devolution in this country and I want to say it today is the bureaucracy in the Government. They are the ones who scheme to bring such Bills to this House. If we are not careful and pass them, we will be passing corruption. The billions of money that Kenyan people have been forced to borrow on those water projects that have not been paid, this Bill is going to sanitize that. I would request my colleagues if you allow that this Bill be stood down."
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