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    "id": 499282,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "I beg your pardon, hon. Deputy Speaker; but I was in Table Office specifically to look for this Report and I did not get it. It is an issue that I stand advised on. I am not so sure that a Report was tabled; it is good practice that every time we debate Bills, we have a report. This way we will be able to understand the background of the Bill. Having said that, I am worried about the way Bills find their way into this House. They have tried to enact Part III by creating an authority called “the Water Resources Regulatory Authority”. Overleaf under Clause 12, there is another body called the “Management Board”. When you flip the pages to Clause 15, you find details of that Management Board. What is surprising is that if you flip several more pages, you will come to another authority called the “National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority”. If you compare both Authorities, you will find that they are a duplication in terms of functions, co-ordination and constitution. I want to suggest that these bodies be merged into one, so that there is only one authority, which will be able to handle issues concerning water and issuance of permits, and will have one Chief Executive Officer and the same employees. If you look through, you will find a section dealing with the charges on water. With regard to the charges for water, I am happy that the Committee, which has brought this proposal, has decided that there will be a schedule. I hope that through this schedule, my people of Mathare should receive free water. We are trying to reach the threshold in the Constitution that everybody is entitled to and is able to receive water. These are people who help run this country. They spend all their hours in Industrial Area, or make us comfortable as we look at other things. Water in Mathare is more expensive, I can tell you without a doubt, than it is in Kileleshwa. I would want to think that there will be a schedule that will give everybody a right to receive water. I am worried that the tribunal that is going to handle permits may take us back to where we are coming from in terms of liquor licensing. We have seen it in cities where it became a mess. I am worried that if we do not put in enough safeguards, particularly in the City, water will be very expensive and will be the source of corruption in this country. Therefore, apart from the tribunal and local authorities that give the permits, there is need for better tools to get things done. 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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