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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am two to three months old in the Ministry and I am fully accepting. First of all, the water officers in the districts have decided not to work with the politicians. That has happened because I have been in this Parliament for ten years. It is true that all hon. Members will tell you that the water engineers never recognise them. I want to inform this House that the district water officers are under strict instructions to work closely with hon. Members. We are not going to give them any room to work without involving hon. Members, so that we can have checks and balances. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also want them to work with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), so that we can complement each other. A mistake was committed before. We have been constructing dams and pans, and not taking care of them. The first measure is to fence them. When my Minister comes back, we will be calling for a Members of Parliaments' Kamukunji meeting in the next two weeks, so that we can work together. We want to ensure that funds allocated to constituencies, through the CDF, in every financial year, are well utilised. We want to construct dams that have cattle troughs and water points for human consumption. That is the only way we can ensure the survival of these dams."
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