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    "id": 391920,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/391920/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nanok",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Epuyo Nanok",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. As hon. Members over there are saying, I am now the richest in terms of water. In my constituency, in Turkana West, we have Lotikipi Plain that is holding water that can be used in Kenya for over 70 years, as we are told. The water is one kilometre under the ground and it has never helped us. We have never had water. We are always on the run moving to those very unsecure areas of this country in search of water for our livestock and ourselves. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of the issues that this Motion is raising, I stand to fully support it. The business of urging the Government for all these years seems to have worked. Actually, the Government has been making plans. The Government has had policies to provide water and targets to provide water to every household in this country. Somehow, these plans have not actually been implemented. It was supposed to have been done by the year 2000 so that every house has running water. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my constituents walk over five or ten kilometres in search of drinking water and for domestic use; leave alone water for livestock. That is looked for, for two days. Our livestock take two days to get water. This Motion is relevant in our case and for the whole country because we know the kind of interventions we have had have actually not sorted our problems. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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