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    "id": 494985,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Munene",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Wambui Munene",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I also thank hon. Amina Abdalla. Kenyan women suffer so much when in search of water. As the national Government, we need to look into how we are going to help all Kenyans. If you go anywhere in Kenya, there is no water. This is a problem and women are suffering. Young children require clean water, which they are not getting. If we are going to dig dams, we must think of a way of protecting them. Israel is a desert, yet they have a lot of water. They are using this water for irrigation. In Kenya, we have rivers, we get rain water, but all this water goes up to the Indian Ocean. We do not have proper mechanisms for harvesting rain water, and using this water in places where there is no water. In the Mount Kenya region, we have dams and we are supplying water to other counties. If we devolve everything to the county governments, some people will suffer. For example, if we are not going to supply water to the people who are bringing animals to the City to drink water, where are they going to get water? We also want to protect our environment. When we cut down trees, we will not get enough water. For example, my constituency is supplying water to Tetu and Mukurwe-ini. If a governor gets annoyed today and blocks that water, what are we going to do? If the President today went to Garissa and told the people that he would make sure that they get water from the national Government, will the chairman kneel down to the governor to supply water to a certain area? That is why we are saying that we want water to remain the responsibility of the national Government. Even if we are going to have dams, will we ensure that they have clean water? This should be clean drinking water for people and animals, so that we do not get more 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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