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    "id": 391961,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/391961/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mitaru)",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 562,
        "legal_name": "Rose Rwamba Mitaru",
        "slug": "rose-rwamba-mitaru"
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    "content": "Constituency, what women and children in schools go through is total suffering. We have dams and rivers that provide water and generate electricity to the whole of this country. Although this is the case, we are the least recipient of that electricity and water in our constituency. Women have resulted to buying donkeys and looking for water everywhere. Sometimes they take three hours a day in search of water. During the dry season, those people do almost nothing other than looking for water. The people who live near the dams that supply electricity to our hospitals, schools and the whole of Kenya fetch water from the dams. We have lost very many people and livestock because the crocodiles attack them. This is the case and yet the Kenya Wildlife Service Officers do not visit the areas to see what has happened and compensate the victims. I have been waiting to talk about water that is very pertinent to me and people in my county. I would not like to see relief food coming to our constituencies. The money used to buy that food should be used in water harvesting so that we produce enough food for this nation at the end of the day. This is because the water we lose every year to the Indian Ocean is enough to grow crops in this country throughout the year. So, I am very happy that the Mover of this Motion thought of water harvesting. I think we should pass a law in this House so that every Member of Parliament can come up with a report saying how many households have water in his or her constituency. We could set the year 2030 as the target when we can get water to everyone. However, this will not happen if an important Motion like this is passed but it is not implemented. We have enough water in Kenya especially in the dry areas. We do not have to drill many boreholes that affect our underground water. We can harvest rain water because it is enough. Let every Member in this House go to his or her constituency and look at the best way to harvest water. This House should know why our women are being killed by crocodiles while they fetch water from the dams. That is the case and yet the same water is used to supply electricity to the whole of this country. I am very serious on this matter but I do not know how to go about it. However, we must work as a team in this House to support our people so that they have enough food and clean water near their homes. They should not walk for ten kilometres to look for water that is used to generate electricity in this nation. People are dying out of hunger and malnutrition and their children carry dirty water in small bottle to drink in classrooms when it is very hot. We need to do a lot of research and support this Motion. I will tell the people I reach that Vision 2030 is very far. We have lost very many people through hunger and malnutrition and yet we are losing a lot of water. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion with all my heart."
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