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    "id": 1590257,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1590257/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, in the 12th Parliament, we approved a Report by the Departmental Committee on Energy which was shared by Hon. Gikaria, on a public petition regarding water supply constraints caused by Kenya Power Tariffs in Kilifi County. I presented that petition and the Report which I am holding was Tabled in this House and approved. One of the key recommendations of the Committee was that, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). If I may quote, “must undertake and engage in a consultative forum with water works development agencies, water companies and water services boards to come up with a non- commercial tariff for water pumping for public water utilities including the Baricho Water Works.” Hon. Speaker, you know where Baricho is. A report from EPRA was expected in 90 days but that never happened. EPRA did not do it and either did the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum or Kenya Power. Today, as I speak in this Chamber, water has been disconnected for the last one week in Kilifi County and people are suffering. Schools are closing, hospitals cannot operate because Kenya Power disconnected water. Water is a fundamental human right under Article 43(2) of the Constitution. It is important that this House enforces the attainment of the rights by ensuring that EPRA and other state agencies act to ensure that the constitutional rights are upheld. We cannot continue to have the people of Kilifi County suffer from water shortage because of wrong tariffs. Yet, there is plenty of water."
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