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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I gladly second this Motion on Senate Amendments to the Water Bill. I appreciate our Senators. For sure, they added value. They even brought in some new concepts like “geo-referencing” to the Bill. When we say we reject this or that, it is to ensure that we tidy up the Bill and ensure that there are no ambiguities within the Bill. When we have the mediation meeting, I am sure we will agree and they will see the sense as to why we felt differently. We felt that the chairmen of the proposed basin authorities should come from within those counties. We strongly felt that the counties in which the rivers or lakes pass have more stakes when it comes to such resources than other counties. In terms of water service providers, the Senate felt that we should leave it to one entity. We felt this will create some monopolistic tendencies. We felt it should be left open so that others also provide that service, instead of limiting it to a single entity. We disagree with the Senate on the position it took in the sense that they felt the funds that are to be resourced to the WTF should not consider resources such as the Equalisation Fund or those of the county governments. When we do major water projects like dams, we need to raise billions of shillings to do that. Funds from the county governments or the national 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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