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    "id": 494997,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Bill. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. As a Committee, we have taken a lot of time going through this Bill. I know most of the concerns hon. Members have, have been adequately discussed and canvassed in the Committee. We have met very many stakeholders in the water sector, and I can assure you that, as a Member of this Committee, I am very happy with the general structure of the Bill that maintains what was created by the Water Act, 2002, the separation of water resource management from the supply of water management. This separation remains the key cornerstone of this Bill; that makes it a progressive Bill. As you are aware, the water function is a shared one. The regulation of water resources and water supply policy are a national function. Water sanitation services are, however, county government functions. It is this shared nature of this function under the Constitution that necessitated the review of the Water Act, 2002 into this new Bill. This Bill creates bodies which in totality embrace all the actions that take place from collection of water to when water reaches the consumer. Under Clause 9, the Water Resources Regulatory Authority is created. This Authority is supposed to maintain basins to ensure that our water sources are stable and that use of water resources is regulated 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."
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