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    "id": 494971,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) A.W. Ng’ang’a",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We all know that water is a natural resource and a national resource. We know the national Government holds it in trust for the people of Kenya. Water is life and when we are talking about water it affects everybody across board in the entire country as well as the entire world. We know that if water is not managed properly, it leads to many illnesses. In Kenya now we have short rains and at times they become long rains because the Ozone layer has really changed. It is high time, as the Government, we get it right. Getting it right is making sure that during this time of the rainy season, we need to harvest a lot of water. We have said this many times. It has been said many times that the only way to have enough water is to harvest rain water. Last week when it rained heavily we saw floods in Nairobi. If it is a place like Budalang’I, when it rains we see the woman on television consecutively for five years saying “ Serikali, Serikali ” to help because when it starts raining the floods are all over and they have to move. So, it is high time now that we have the Water Bill 2014, we came up with innovative and creative ways of harvesting water. As we talk about this Water Bill, I strongly believe it is a natural resource and it should remain at the national level. We also know it is a devolved function and that the county governments need to handle and tackle it. First, we need to 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."
}