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    "id": 564659,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/564659/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
        "slug": "amina-abdalla"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, water services is a devolved function in the water sector. The only role of the national Government is to establish whether Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company is giving you clean water or not. This is the issue of regulation. We thought it was wise that the body that is going to regulate water tariffs and protect consumers, since it is a devolved function and our role is only regulatory, becomes a Board while the Water Resources Authority remains an Authority because it is undertaking a function that is purely a national Government function. So, that was the differentiation that in this role, we form a Board that then regulates the tariffs that the companies are charging the consumer and the quality of water that the consumer is receiving. So, that is why we are changing one to be a Board and the other one to be an Authority."
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