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    "id": 1372619,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "The second confession I want to make is that we have come a very long way with Sen. Omogeni. We have agreed on everything. The first time I came in contact with him was over 20 years ago when he was the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). At that time, Sen. Omogeni presided over a function where the LSK were awarding me accolades for the work that I was doing in the National Assembly. That standard has remained and will continue. The only time we disagreed with Sen. Omogeni was yesterday when he shocked me by saying that we can use Article 247 to create a parallel police force for Parliament. Up to now, I do not understand. I am still looking for him when he is free to educate me on that. Having said that, why do I oppose this Bill? It is in English. Look at Section 119, the creation of the tribunal. Where do the county governments come in? It is nowhere. They are creating a tribunal in this law where county governments not only fail to be mentioned, but even by implication you do not see how the prime movers of water which is fully devolved will participate in this very critical tribunal. There is room for us to change this. If you change this it does not mean you are unpatriotic or against the Government. It means you are doing good legislation. That is what it means. Upon moving this Motion, we are told that one reason we are amending the Water Act is because the powers and functions of the Water Storage Authority are facing proposed amendment. The principle of law-making is that you change a law because you want to cure something. When we want to amend the powers and functions of the Water Storage Authority what are we curing, unless it is mischief? Further, Section 69 which is proposed for amendment is for handover of completed works. What is there in the current law that makes it difficult for county governments to receive completed works that is forcing us to amend Section 69? There is nothing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Section 72 is proposed for amendment. They want to amend the powers and functions of the regulatory board. What offense has the current regulatory board with its function in the current format visited the supply, storage and development of water in this country? Nothing. Section 75 in this amendment is due for proposed amendments and it is about the register of licensed water services providers. We have to reflect in retrospect on these things. Kenya is for all of us. Every time I speak in Kakamega County, I look at a huge crowd of humanity. I see that 70 per cent of the people I am addressing are younger than me. So, how can I lie to them? How would I lie them? That is tantamount to you as a mother - Sen. Ogola - lying to your own children. It is not possible. Let us retrospect. It is not a question of counting numbers here. Let us say that this is bad and improve it. Life will go on and we shall all be happy. Even the Judges who our your friends behind the tent, sit with us in the clubs and ask “What is wrong with you guys? How comes you passed this legislation?” We want to speak to this and strongly say that we can do a better job. Finally, Section 100 is undergoing proposed amendment. Section 100 is about supply of bulk water. The supply of bulk water is so characteristic of the area the bulk water is being taken to that you do not need any level of education to know that the 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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