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    "id": 398783,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/398783/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
    "speaker_title": "The Acting Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 161,
        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
        "slug": "abdirahman-ali-hassan"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Motion by Sen. Zipporah Kittony which relates to the formulation of a water harvesting policy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in areas where I come from, particularly in the north, where there are persistent droughts, if only we focused on water harvesting, we would not have suffered so much. Unfortunately, this did not happen in the past, but probably, now that water has become a major function for county governments, the national Government is only left with matters, particularly that relate to policy formulation. Where we come from and even in areas like Turkana County, where you come from, people have been put on permanent food aid from Independence. Even with the little amount of rainfall that we get annually in our areas, if we harvested it, we would have actually done something very important. In the past, the management of water was vested mainly in the national Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even with the formation of the regional water authorities, like the northern Kenya water services board and all others in the other regions, nothing much has been achieved. The only focus has actually been tapping the ground water potential. Nobody thinks about harvesting what can be obtained. People start looking at boreholes and would want to go and do a dam. I think that it is because of the amount of money that is allocated to these major projects and the greed on the part of Kenyans, particularly those who are charged with the responsibility of delivering services to Kenyans. Why The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}