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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion. I have known her for a long time. As far as I know, she has always fought for women. God is great that she is now in this House to be able to fight for women properly. Madam Temporary Speaker, the times I stand here may be I am found to be unreasonable but I always like to say what I think is right. For example, we do not know whether there is a clear national policy on water development. If we have, the persons who are supposed to tell us what it is are not available in the House. For example, it was the practise of the National Assembly, and this was under the old Constitution, that we used to have a Minister or Ministry under which the Motion falls, he or she would explain the situation as it is. He or she would tell us what they are aiming to do or what they have already done. But we are just talking in a situation where we are not sure whether we are right or wrong. Although we have the privilege of talking the way we want to, but the important thing is whether we are achieving anything out of this talking. For example, I would want to see the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources here. He ought to have spoken immediately after the Mover and the seconder of the Motion. He, for example, could guide this House on what they have done and what the Government wishes to do. But we just talk about issues of water. It is true that issues of water are not new to us. Majority of us come from dry areas. We have seen water flowing into the ocean with nobody trying to use that water for development. There are many things that we are not clear about. Next time, and this is my appeal to the office of the Speaker, we should make sure that when we are talking about a certain department, the chairperson of the relevant committee needs to be in the House. If we were following the previous practise, the Minister could not leave this place until the last minute, so that he or she takes all the notes and immediately he or she will take the notes to his or her Ministry and deal with the issues that have been raised by Members of Parliament. But we just conclude it here and say that it should go to the Committee on Implementation. I agree that the Committee is charged with the responsibility of working to have all the Motions implemented but we ought to know what has not been implemented from this House, so that it goes to the HANSARD. Otherwise, if we just contribute here and hope that the Committee on Implementation is the answer to all the problems that we have, I think that we are losing direction. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not true sometimes to say that there is no national policy on water. Maybe, we are just ignorant of what is in our archives or books. So, I think that it is important for us to be sure that what we are fighting for is the correct 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."
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