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    "id": 207591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join my other colleagues in congratulating the Minister, and his team, for the reforms that they have carried out in the water sector over the last four years. What these reforms have yielded are some very good results, and what I would like to recommend, or suggest, is that we need to continuously involve parliamentarians in information sharing. Judging from the Questions we had this morning, it was very clear that a number of us were not aware of the Water Services Trust Fund, for example. In addition to involving parliamentarians in these reforms, I know that some seminars have been carried out, but a lot of change has taken place and a number of us require more information, so that we can work together. I am one of the hon. Members who work very well with engineers in my constituencies. Sometimes, I feel that the Water Engineer should be a member of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), because the only civil servant we have in the CDF Committee, under the current law, is the District Officer (DO). I believe the purpose of that was for the DO to represent the District Commissioner (DC), who is the manager of all Government departments. So, I want to say that the Ministry has done extremely well out there in these reforms. We also want capacity building for our communities. As the Ministry hands over the management of water to the people of Kenya, I think capacity building at the grassroots level is absolutely essential, so that people can utilise water properly."
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