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    "id": 398859,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion and thank the Mover of the Motion, knowing very well that water is an issue that is very passionate to women; knowing very well that water is life. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will start by the story from Nyando. When I look at Mrs. Adika, crying every day on Citizen Television such that today people have even taken advantage of her plight and they have made a ringtone; they are earning money and the poor woman has been left in poverty because of rain water. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we speak of harvesting rain water, we remember our women in Turkana; that once in a while, you will find floods in Turkana carrying away women and children, but after one month, the same women will be walking miles away looking for water. If only we can come up with a system and a way of assisting them to learn how to harvest rain water; how to build a house – whether it is permanent or semi-permanent – and ensure that you tap all the water and make a small storage at home where that water can be held and, eventually, the water will help them. This is something that many of our families, especially in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALS) have not been able to do. As we speak today, Madam Temporary Speaker, we have those who are benefitting from rain water harvesting. But for us, when I look at Budalangi, what happens when River Nzoia bursts its banks, it will never--- Remember these are natural tragedies and you cannot even imagine. That is one place where one can be killed so easily. But we are saying that if the Jubilee Government is, indeed, going to do the one million hectares of irrigation programme, then the first thing we should ask ourselves is where are we going to get the water? We will not just depend on rain water, looking at how climate change is coming and changing the rain patterns. We might have a very dry season from now to January if we are not careful. But once before, we had very good rains and all the waters disappeared to the Indian Ocean, Lake Victoria and beyond. So, we should look at this issue; we should also look what I and other women go through when looking for water for many hours. There are some areas to date where 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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