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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to advise the Minister for Water and Irrigation to do what the Ministry of Energy does in the Rural Electrification Programme (REP). This Ministry provides money to the constituencies for the expansion of power. However, this is not the case with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. There is no water board in Mombasa. Mombasa Municipal Council has been trying to establish the water board and Members of Parliament have been talking about it. Some areas in this country are served by these boards while others are so inferior that these boards cannot be constituted there. We should provide quality services to our people. This Parliament has been in place for more than one-third of its full life and yet we do not have a water board in Mombasa. The Act is very clear on the formation of the water boards. I cannot tell why the water boards are functioning in some areas and not in other areas. When we gained Independence in 1963, we had sewer systems and water treatment plants working. However, they have collapsed today. I will give the example of Kizingo Sewer Plant which has not been functioning for the last 10 years and yet nobody is trying to solve that problem. Kipevu Treatment Works is âdeadâ and nobody is attending to it. There is also Tudor Sewer Plant which has been neglected. What are we doing? I am not blaming the Ministry. However, it is the responsibility of the Ministry to come up with a good package and present it to the Government. Let this Ministry be allocated more money in order to deliver services to the people. It is interesting that all the rivers pass through Ukambani and yet the people in that place do not get water. They just look at the flowing water helplessly. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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