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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to contribute to the Statement by Sen. Chute. As you are aware, 70 percent of these countries are in the Arid and Semi-Arid areas and mainly, those areas depend on boreholes. There is no running water or rivers. There are only some seasonal rivers that are only used for three months. More money has been spent by the counties and national Government to at least do a hydrological survey to be able to access the subsurface water. However, of late, there are many contractors that pretend to be hydrologists. Many of them do not even have the capacity. Many contractors are being given contracts, but they do not meet the specifications. They just dig the holes of unspecified depth. What happens is that the boreholes in those places go up to 200 meters to 600 meters, at different levels. However, because they just want to make a profit, they do shoddy jobs. As a result of that, many boreholes have been drilled, but they dry out. Since, there was no hydrological survey that was done and these people do not have any knowledge to drill boreholes. Furthermore, these contractors do not have the equipment because some of the equipment do not even meet that specification where boreholes can be drilled up to 400 or 500 meters. As a result, most of the boreholes that have been started have been abandoned. Today, as we talk, there is severe drought in those areas and most of the boreholes are dry. The rivers have dried and a lot of money has been spent. Therefore, I request the Committee to take this matter seriously and visit the specific areas that the Senator has asked to find out what happened. I am sure the money has already been paid, the boreholes have been drilled, but there is no water. I request the Committee to visit those areas in order to stop this business of giving contracts to wrong people with no capacity to drill borehole or to do any other specifications. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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