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    "id": 1372590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1372590/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I may not be an expert in linguistics, but all Luhya languages are similar unless there is a difference of dialect. I did not mention any particular tribe. He has confirmed that he is Teso. Teso and Luhya languages are almost similar, but with different dialects. Ironically, part of LVNWWDA is in Nandi. The Human Resource (HR) is from Nandi, but when you go to the people who work there, you do not see the face of where the waterworks covers. That is my concern. I wish we could even see the face of Kenya even if not of LVNWWDA. I have also seen that there is North Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency that was established. My point is that most of these waterworks are a bastion of corruption because they get billions of shillings to do some of those projects. For example, in Nandi County, we are expecting to get Keben Water Dam that will supply millions of litres of water to Kapsabet Town, parts of both Nandi Hills and Emgwen constituencies or sub-counties. We are looking at the Kipkaren Dam that will supply part of Kapseret Constituency, Mosop and Chesumei sub-counties. All these are managed by waterworks. It does not make sense to have so many waterworks if we can synchronise them so that it becomes easy. The issue of PPP is welcome. It is well-defined. I do not know why many people say it is eroding devolution. It does not undermine devolution. When you say contracting authority, it will have given power to the national Government which we know has its waterworks that run. By privatising, it means that the county government has been allowed to do its own contracting authority. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of water service providers, it is either the county or specific waterworks that can ensure that water service providers are given the authority to supply water. We see water vendors are common, especially in Nairobi. If you do not see them, then there is something wrong because it is part of Nairobians right. Some other towns still have that privilege. If you go to Mombasa City, it is a fact that Mzima Springs has not been able to give sufficient water to Mombasa City. The same applies to Kisumu and many other towns. Eldoret is doing better. You saw there was Sondu Dam that was supposed to be completed. Several towns do not have water sustainability. Sometimes we do not know the quality of regulation of those water vendors or water service providers who ensure that we have clean and safe water. What are the mechanisms that have been put? What I am providing on the water service provider is to have partnerships between the county government and the national Government. It can become an intergovernmental shared function because everybody needs to access water."
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