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    "id": 137940,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/137940/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I appreciate the efforts being made by the Minister and her officials to provide water to Kenyans. In particular, I thank the Minister for providing Samburu East with a water bowser. This is a drought-prone area. Since we do not have permanent rivers, we rely on pans and dams which dry up during the dry season. We experience hardships because of scarcity of water. The Minister has helped the community and schools in Samburu East which would have closed due to scarcity of water. However, I appeal to the Minister given the vastness of Samburu East District – we are talking about 11,000 square kilometers – and difficult terrain – to consider giving us an additional water bowser to serve the entire district. This is because one water bowser cannot serve the entire district. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to understand the intensity of water problems in Samburu, there was an outbreak of Cholera recently which was attributed to lack of water to the extent that people had to dig shallow wells by scooping sand from dry river beds. You can imagine the same water is used by animals. Certainly, that water is not clean for human consumption. Our people move their livestock to the border between Kenya and Ethiopia in search of water and pasture. Some livestock have even crossed over to Isiolo. Sometimes, we experience conflicts because of scarcity of water. I appeal to the Minister to consider constructing dams and pans in this area. Experience has"
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