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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Omulele",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": "Thank Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I stand to support this Motion. I will support it for very good reasons. It has been said invariably in many occasions that the next world war shall be fought over water. That allegory is not just a good saying. It is something that will definitely happen. We can see from the Egyptian attitude towards water in the Nile River. You will be aware that the Egyptian people and the British colonizers of Egypt and the East African region from as far back as 1929 saw it fit to craft a treaty which denied the people of East Africa access to the waters of Lake Victoria and assured the Egyptian people of the waters of Lake Victoria through the Nile and all the silt and the fertile soils that are swept downstream. So, the Egyptians today are able to produce a lot of rice and a lot of sugar, which they are today exporting to the East African region at exorbitant prices and to the detriment of the East Africans. This is a Motion really that, as my friend hon. Njagagua has noted, speaks for itself. This is a Motion that the Government must take careful note of, because the Constitution itself, at Chapter 5, empowers our Government to take charge of matters of land use. It must come up with a clear policy on water management in this country. That The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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