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    "content": "governments have decided to go that path and yet we are begging for money from foreign countries to go to the villages to drill for water which is not sufficient. It is even not fit for human consumption. Mr. Temporary Speaker, in the area I represent, all the way to the coast region, whenever it rains, the roads and bridges are washed away. Children cannot go to schools. This is also the same scenario in Kajiado County. We only talk about Budalang’i, but very soon we will start looking for help for the bridges in those areas to be repaired and the roads to be built. Where Sen. Haji comes from, because there are no mountains and hills the small roads that exist are the ones which are turned into rivers. After four to six weeks, the water disappears and they are back to square one. So, when Sen. Kittony moved this Motion, she was looking at formulated policies put in place by the national Government and passed on to the county governments in order for the governors to have some guidelines as proposed by the national Government for them to implement. My fear is that the national Government has failed to do that and now the buck is being passed on to the county governments which will just replicate what has been done before. At the end of the day, Kenyans will continue suffering. I wish we could use the word “compel” rather than “urge” the Government so that it can take serious steps and not waste Kenyans’ time by giving them false promises on how they will control water, but have it done now. If the previous governments had thought about helping Kenyans, they would have put some of these policies in place. Over Kshs300 billion was returned to the Treasury because it was given to greedy civil servants who spent a lot of time planning for other issues and not spending the money. I want to ask the Government to take the initiative and look at the living standards of middle class Kenyans who do not have big incomes and guarantee them water tanks of 5,000 cubic litres whenever they put up houses that are roofed with iron sheets to enable them harvest water. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we talk about Kenyans harvesting water themselves, we are talking about people whose level of poverty we know. If you walked to any market in this country and made an announcement for people to queue and receive Kshs50, all the markets will be full and the villages will remain empty. Even people who run businesses in those market centres will close up their businesses and queue to receive that money. That is a clear demonstration on how most Kenyans are poor. If we truly want to help this country, we must tackle issues that concern the middle class population downwards. It is up to the Government to put up initiatives and make it mandatory that we shall no longer talk about lack of water in this country. The late Paul Ngei came up with Motions like this one and Bills as a Member of Parliament and a Minister, but the story remains the same. Personally, as a leader, I am getting fed up. A solution must be found to make sure that Kenyans are served adequately instead of making good speeches on the Floor of this House yet there are no results. I beg to support."
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