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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to say that water is a problem throughout the country, and it is not just at home where people do not have enough water. The sad thing is that water is necessary and sometimes we do not have water even in hospitals. Those who have patients in hospitals carry water to their sick loved ones. What a shame! Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, schools do not have water. Therefore, students draw water from the river. They waste a lot of time when they are supposed to be in class; they draw water from the river. It is very painful to see students wasting too much time drawing water. Patients do not have water at home, yet we have the Ministry in charge of water. Let me ask, what do they do? What does the Ministry do? What do they do with the money allocated every year in their budget? You may create bodies to manage water, but if water is not available, what are you going to manage? Let them provide water first, and then come up with institutions that will manage it. As we speak, we will be creating bodies and institutions to provide management for water, which does not exist. We also have Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that sink boreholes, but these NGOs are also not well spread. You find them concentrated in areas where there is water already. When you want them to come and help you sink some boreholes, they tell you that they do not operate in your area. I really think there is a huge mismanagement of water in this country, yet we are not getting anywhere near water. In the Lake Victoria area, where I come from, we have a huge lake. It is one of the best fresh water lakes in the world, yet we still lack water."
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