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    "id": 57692,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ask Madam Minister not to be afraid. Wherever you are taking water, it is much needed. In this Report, you will see that Gem is not one of the constituencies which have received even a borehole, but I am not worried because I know that somebody somewhere in North Eastern or upper Eastern needs water sooner than people in Gem. That is just a principle of fairness and equal opportunity. So, it is fair that all Ministers behave in this manner. In the upcoming Budget, so that there is fairness, everybody should feel included. If you give ten to the most needy places, you must also consider some other constituencies which have not receive any water. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in some of our constituencies there is water but the problem is with distribution. We have many streams which organizations like KWAO and NAO have tried to help us to distribute or protect. But if the Ministry could come up with simple methods of just getting water from the streams up to the villages where people live and just put water points, I think we would go a long way in alleviating unnecessary water problems. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, some money must be put aside, especially in line with the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) initiative, just for desilting of water pans. During the drought many of them are clogged and the process of just getting somebody to desilt a water pan should have been easily done by line Ministry officers on the ground, but they do not do it. It is very hard to get them to do that job. Could the Ministry just find simple solutions so that we can alleviate unnecessary suffering of our people? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir with those remarks, I wish to support."
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