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    "id": 1372593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I request that you protect me from Sen. Mumma. There is also the provision that the national public water shall not be transferable to a county government. This is an open explanation because if you were to discuss about Tanathi today, it covers a number of counties. Same to Lake Victoria North, Central Water Works, Lake Victoria South and even Coast Water Works. It covers a number of counties. Therefore, you cannot transfer to individual counties. It is a basic explanation. I agree with the initial proposal that we must find a way of synchronising and ensuring that State corporations are limited. We should not be creating state corporations that take a lot of revenue. Remember we have to pay for most of these state corporations when they are under losses. I am surprised that most Kenyan leaders, including some of us have double speak. When the President was proposing that we offset some of the State corporations that were in red, most of us were opposed. Several people here who are proposing privatisation now are the same ones who objected to that proposal. The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) and a number of corporations were to be sold. This is because most of them are gobbling public resources. When you come to KICC where our offices are, the cockroaches are sharing office space, washrooms and many other rooms with some of us. If you privatise, we might get better services. Even replacing a bulb in some of our offices may take a whole financial year. I am happy the Cabinet Memo came out yesterday that no one is selling, but leasing sugar companies like Muhoroni, Nzoia, Chemelil among other sugar companies and part of Chemase, Tinderet and Mosop sub-counties. It is about leasing to turn around to profitability for the betterment of Kenyans. It is not for any other body. Another issue is in Section 72(7). It says- “Evaluate and approve water and sewerage tariffs. Bulk water tariffs and approved the imposition of such tariffs in line with consumer protection standards---\" Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also need as a country to ensure that the water tariffs or prices of water is not be too expensive again. While we push for access of safe and clean water to each and every Kenyan, we must in a way also ensure that they are protected. That is why I was raising a question with vendors and water service providers. I know that they get licensed, but what is public health department doing about it? How do we ensure that the water that is being sold by water vendors or in our taps is safe for human and animal consumption? Even for industrial use, when most of the companies and industries discharge used water through industrial processes is the recycling of that water sufficient and clean enough and safe for Kenyans to use. Sadly to say Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) and Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) are sleeping on the job. I saw the issue of powdered milk the other day in Eastleigh. I remember there was one company before Kenya Kwanza (KK) took over and liberalised the market. It had been given all rights to make powder milk. However, I was disappointed because why would the police and other agencies forcefully open doors, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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