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    "id": 497052,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/497052/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "The reforms that were done on the Water Act, 2004, were good in that they brought about various organs and organisations that managed the water sector. This was an improvement from the previous laws that used to govern the water sector. As I speak, the Water Resources Management Authority has transformed water use. It has protected and promoted communities through the Water Users Associations. People in the rural areas own part of that water and they derive benefits from it. Water catchment areas have been saved through Water Resources Management Authority. If that Authority was not there, we could be talking about deserts in places which are flourishing today. So, the Water Act, 2004, that has been operational over the period, and which was reformed over years, has served us very well. However, this Bill, that seeks to improve on that, because there is further improvement, is good because it brings on board other actors. They will be managed under fewer bodies, so that there will be accountability. Clause 62(5) of this Bill, which deals with a national water sector investment and financing plan, does not provide the time, the intervals, creation of the plans and the publications of the plan. Under a human rights-based framework, this information must be put in the law to ensure that the creation of the plans is statutorily prescribed in time, content and interval to bind the Government. Clause 64(1)(b) of the Bill gives the Cabinet Secretary a blank cheque to appoint any four persons to the Water Works Development Boards. There should be some guidelines on the institutions the Cabinet Secretary should nominate from, for instance, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or universities."
}