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    "id": 1625711,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625711/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Eng.) Muriithi Mugaa): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The first question was on the plan to do a 1,000 dams to completion. I have to be very candid with yourself and also the House because water infrastructure is not cheap; it is capital intensive. When you talk about a 1,000 large dams, most of them were scheduled to be implemented under Public- Private Partnerships (PPP). Public-Private Partnership (PPP) means a proponent has to invest their money and recoup that money in a stipulated duration of time. Unfortunately, investments in water have not been very lucrative in PPPs because our tariffs are not cost recovery. Specifically, one litre of water in the supermarket goes for between Kshs50 and maybe Kshs100---"
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