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    "id": 494978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/494978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "and the people who are downstream of that dam in Kipipiri have not benefited from its water for many years. They keep on suffering. These are the things that we need to point out. People in counties downstream of dams that supply water to neighbouring counties should be given water first before the water goes to the other counties. This is the way it ought to be, so that we can reduce disputes. We also need to define the benefit. I have heard the Chair talk of 25 per cent. I feel that, that is not enough. Let us talk of the net income. Since it is the authorities that are going to determine the payments, that might not be good enough. The counties should also have a say on how much is going to be charged within reasonable boundaries. The provisions that deal with the protection and preservation of water catchment areas ought to be strengthened. Clauses 20 and 21 deal with this. They need to be strengthened. When I was a kid and what is happening currently--- Where I come from, we are faced with the possibility of most of the rivers drying up during our generation. It is going to be a major disservice and a failure on our part. Posterity might find that there is no water and they might have to go the Israel and other desert countries’ way of having to purify salty water from the oceans, yet it is within our ability to restore and preserve these water catchment areas."
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