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    "id": 399435,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/399435/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lekuton",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton",
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    "content": "Water scarcity is a world problem. There are about 3.3 billion people in the planet who have water problems. Specifically, in our country, it is not that we do not have ways of executing water policies, but it is because we do not have sufficient infrastructure to enable us harness and preserve water. The paradox is that it is not that we do not have enough water in the world but it is because we waste a lot of it due to lack of proper planning. Even the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are very specific on water harvesting. One of them says that if we do enough water harvesting in Africa, we will not have shortage of water, be it water for drinking or for irrigation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will give Laikipia, as a case study; it is one of the driest parts of our country, but where white ranchers have enough water not from boreholes but water harvested from streams and dams. If you go to Laikipia today, you will be surprised. It is even drier than some parts of northern Kenya. For example, in Laisamis Constituency, we have the Ndoto Mountains, which stretch from Wamba to South Horr. All those mountains have big rocks on them. If the Jubilee Government could implement its policy of ensuring that every village gets water dams in five years’ time, areas like Laisamis will not have water shortage. We also have white rivers in the entire northern Kenya. Sand dam is one thing that could be developed and nurtured. In the areas of Mount Kulal, there are some big galleys. It does not take rocket science to understand that tapping water helps people. People can use the galleys of Mount Kulal to create big dams that will help the people of Sirima, Olturot, Arapal and Laing’alani. In conclusion, why do we not kill two birds with one stone by saving people from floods and ending up with harvested water? With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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