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    "id": 207640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/207640/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 326,
        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Minister implement these projects in the next one or two months? These projects only cost Kshs90 billion, but will relieve 100,000 women. These are 100,000 women who are creating human resource for this country. August 22, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3399 When they give birth to children, they increase our human resource. In the future, this country will depend on the human resource. Besides that, people will get clean water. They will not suffer illnesses. In that way, we will reduce the cost of health care. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we do that we will also be releasing these women to go and till their coffee and tea shambas . This will enable this country earn foreign exchange which we need in order to import equipment for water projects elsewhere. You can see the socio- economic entanglement in that arrangement. I hope that when the Minister stands to respond, he will agree with me that there is need for urgent implementation of these projects. Finally, we would like to see the Minister put down his stamp on these projects. I have been to areas where people suffer. We still sympathise with them. However, let the Minister show his stamp on these people's work. Let him work with the engineers in the districts. For example, Kisii Central District, let him ask the engineers: \"What projects have you undertaken since you were posted to Kisii Central District?\". The same should be done for Nyaribari Chache, Kitutu Chache, Nyaribari Masaba and Bonchari constituencies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Bonchari Constituency, I have seen people take water that collects in a pond after rainfall. Is it despicable for that to happen in modern Kenya? These are people who are hard workers and produce for this country. I sometimes wonder whether what we need more are roads or water. I could say for sure that in Kisiiland we need clean water. That is where we should move to. I am sure the Minister, if determined to assist the area, can do it very cheaply. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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