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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Before I give the criteria that are normally taken into account when the issue of the sewerages is done, I would like to state that my Ministry used to handle sewerage systems a long time ago, but the service was transferred in 2002 to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in line with water reforms in the country as provided for in the Water Act, 2002. However, I beg to give the criteria. (a) When considering what criteria should be put in place the critical one is the element of population in any given area before a decision is made on sewerage. Secondly, the texture of the soil and the terrain is also taken into account because there are certain areas where septic tanks would suffice and there are certain areas where it would be very difficult to be able to have septic tanks and, therefore, maybe one needs to invest in a sewerage process. So, population, growth of the urban area in question and issues of the terrain and texture of the soil are very critical in determining the aspect of the sewerage in a given area. (b) I acknowledge that Kerugoya Town, which is the headquarters of Kirinyaga District, has no sewerage circulation system. My Ministry through our letter dated 10th December, 2008, advised the Municipal Council of Kerugoya Kutus to initiate the necessary process in consultation with the Kirinyaga Water and Sanitation Company to have the situation rectified. The Council was further directed to take the necessary action to ensure that the business in the area does not continue polluting River Thiba by draining waste and foul water into river streams. (c) I wish to state that since this matter is no longer in the domain of the Ministry of Local Government, we do not have the budgetary provision to install sewerage system in the town since this function was transferred to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation under the provisions of the Water Act."
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