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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "I must also mention that our county bosses or managers of our counties must also work on physical planning of the towns. Physical plans enable the water system to be realigned to the urban centres. Lastly, water provision must not only be limited to the urban space. Everybody in this Republic deserves to be provided with water. As our counties focus on water provision in urban centres, they must also enhance access to water in our rural areas. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my own sub-county headquarters, which is Ndhiwa Town, as I speak, we have no water, yet the LVSWSB had invested in a borehole that is capable of serving the whole of Ndhiwa Town and the environs. It is not just limited to one or two wards in that Sub County. What is happening is that there is a borehole and water is available, but all the distribution lines are destroyed. I have raised this with the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, but all I have been told is that the County Government of Homa Bay should look at the rehabilitation of the distribution lines. I call upon our County Government of Homa Bay to look at the rehabilitation of the distribution line of the main water supply to Ndhiwa Town, so that the people of Ndhiwa can be served. We know that water plays a critical role. As I have said, water is related to health, food, and even security. In this country, we have had situations where we have floods when there are rains, yet the Government does not harvest water in order to solve its scarcity during drought. We walk from drought and run back to it but we can see how drought is related to lack of food and insecurity. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I support this Motion, I urge Kenyans to go for courses that will serve the water sector. The water sector is able to give a solution to the unemployment situation we have in this country. In this country, we lack adequate plumbers and water engineers. This can be solved by our Form Fours leavers going for artisan courses and some joining the Kenya Water Institute (KEWI). The KEWI is sufficient enough to train skilled manpower for this sector. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support."
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