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    "id": 137931,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/137931/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support the Vote of this Ministry. Sometime back when I was still young in 1979, a politician from a neighbouring constituency had in his campaign posters that “water is life and land is wealth!” At that time, probably I did not appreciate the accuracy of his campaign slogan but now I stand here saying that truly, with the current development we see around, we realize that without water, we cannot survive. A lot has been said about what the Ministry is doing to ensure that we have water in our homes and have water for our animals. But one thing that I cannot probably explain better than how Dr. Kosgei has talked about is that currently, we seem to be thinking about giving more money to the Ministry of Water to drill boreholes and build dams. But the question is; if there will be no rain, how will the dams be filled? How will we get the water? How will we get the water from our boreholes? So the emphasis, to me, should be more on protecting and preserving the water catchment areas and conserving the little water that we have. If we put more resources to water conservation and protecting the water sources, then we are assured of more water in this country. I remember when I was young that there was a lot of water all over; so many rivers were flowing from Gwasi Hills from where I come from and we really did not have to ask for any Government intervention to have water in our homes. But that is now history. All the rivers have dried! So, I think, as a country, without even leaving this to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, there should be a concerted effort to make sure that we protect and safeguard the water sources."
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