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    "id": 57723,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mbarire",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Tourism",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and, at the outset, I want to begin by saying that I think the Committee has done a good job. In the past - and I have been in the Ninth Parliament - we have never gone to this level of transparency in terms of how money in the water sector is distributed across the country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at one point, I remember there was a national budget that was read in the Ninth Parliament and one particular region got over Kshs800 million. The region that looked most needy to us and had over six districts got Kshs32 million. Therefore, I want to say that this is a good beginning. I think much more needs to be done. Looking at how the boreholes have been distributed across the country, I think it will be unrealistic for us to have expected the Committee to go to every single borehole in this country unless, of course, we want to spend a lot of money airlifting people to go and physically check the boreholes. So, I am assuming that the Report we have here comes from the officers on the ground and we can depend on it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have looked at this Report and I think we need to also appreciate what has been done well and what has not been done well. Looking at page 11, I have heard many people say that certain areas have been completely ignored. When you look at page 17, you will find Marsabit South, Laisamis, North Horr, Marsabit North and Mandera East. All of them are getting quite a number of"
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