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    "id": 1490485,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1490485/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I hope SRC will do a better job of determining the rates based on the efficiency of a water service provider so that you do not apply a standard rate across all the 47 counties. We are sometimes obsessed with certain constitutional principles that end up violating the core mandate of service provision, which is to ensure that every citizen enjoys this service. Not every water service provider has the financial capability to carry on certain costs. I believe that what the Tribunal in Mombasa County will be earning might not necessarily hold true to what it will earn in Tana River County, a few hundreds of kilometers down the coast. It is for obvious reasons. It might not be necessarily what the people in Kericho will afford to pay. I expect SRC to carry out a scientific study to determine the economic viability of every water service agency, including the ones that operate within our counties and determine the rates specific to a particular county. By the time you take up a job as a member of a tribunal, you should know what the people of that county can afford to pay based on the books of the water service agency of that county. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those very many remarks, I congratulate the Members of the team that participated in this mediation. I hope we can conclude on this Bill before we break for Christmas so that many investors can begin to troop into our counties. This is a signature legislation. It is for the history, just like the legislation that we passed on health. With all the challenges that we are currently facing, 20 years down the line when the dust has eventually settled, other countries will be coming to benchmark asking how Kenya end up providing water to its citizens comparable to other jurisdictions. This legislation will be at the centerpiece of that conversation just like it will be said, how Kenya ended up providing medical services to its entire citizens under Universal Health Cover (UHC). Despite all the challenges that are presently being faced at the inauguration phase of the health laws that we passed in Turkana, we will celebrate. This is normally the case in any project when you are beginning. I therefore thank the Members of the Mediation Committee who did an impressive work. I thank you."
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