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    "id": 391918,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Amolo",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Ameso Amolo",
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    "content": "enough for your children in the House. This is the case and yet the man is there waiting to take a shower with the same jerry can of water. So, you waste a lot of time looking for water. We believe that women are very good managers. We could be busy doing other businesses that can change the economy of this country other than wasting time looking for water. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government should build these dams so that we can get electric power. If this is done, we will not rely on Masinga Dam and other dams that produce hydro electric power. We have River Yala which passes through Kakamega and it is always full of water. We should find ways in which we can use this water to do irrigation so that we have enough food to feed our people. We can also save a lot of the money that we spend to buy water to educate our children. The water we buy sometimes is not safe. We are talking about Kakamega and Balambala and yet quite a number of houses here in Nairobi do not have water. What has happened? What are we doing here if we cannot have water in the capital city? How will water get to Balambala if we do not have water in this city? How will water get to Migori and yet we do not have water here in the city? I do not have water in my House even as I stand in this House and I had to buy water this morning. It is very important for the Government to find out how we can educate our people so that they can harvest water. We keep on talking about this but our people do not know how to harvest water. It is high time that we created awareness on how to construct these dams and how our people can harvest water that can be used during the dry season. So, I urge the Government to construct these dams. It should look at Kakamega where there is plenty of water because it rains every day. That water can be piped to other areas so that Kenyans can use it wherever they are. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion. Thank you."
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