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    "id": 137952,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mbarire",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Tourism",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving this opportunity to add my voice to those of those who have spoken before me by supporting this very important Vote. I will begin by congratulating the Minister, the Assistant Ministers, the Permanent Secretary (PS) and all the officers for the great work that they are doing under very difficult circumstances, and with limited resources. I believe that with more support, this Ministry should be able to do much better. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I personally feel that the amount of money that has been given to this Ministry is not adequate to meet the challenges of the day, considering that everybody in the country is now talking about the shortage of water. We are facing challenges in our conservation efforts. Our water catchment areas are becoming more endangered through different human activities. So, I hope that in future, the Government will find it necessary to even triple the amount of money it is giving to this Ministry. Without water, there will be no life at all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in view of the fact that a lot of water issues cut across different Ministries, I also wish to add my voice to what was earlier on mentioned by Ms. Karua; that, the Government should think of how we can bring together all these Ministries, especially the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, and the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources into one big Ministry. You cannot speak about provision of water when you have no control over the water sources. I hope that the Government will, in future, think very seriously about this particular proposal by the hon. Member. As an interim measure, we may probably come up with an inter-Ministerial Committee that will ensure that all the activities in these three Ministries are integrated in terms of implementation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to mention something about the Water Services Board. Where I come from, we fall under the Tana Water Services Board. Previously, it covered the whole of Upper Eastern Province and parts of Lower Eastern Province. We still feel that the Tana Water Services Board as it is, still covers a very wide area. It takes care of almost the entire Central Kenya and Meru and Embu areas."
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