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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the recommendations that have been presented to this House by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. First, I congratulate the Senate for the good work it has done. In fact, the Senate has given very good proposals that will enhance this Bill and make it more applicable and user- friendly. I thank the Senate for the good job it has done to improve this Bill. Secondly, this is a very important Bill. It is one that has generated a lot of consultations with stakeholders. It is extremely important at the county level because water is important for human survival. Therefore, every effort must be put into the provision of water both for domestic and other commercial uses. The proposals that have been presented by the Senate, which are very useful, have been earlier elaborated on by my colleagues. I do not intend to continue doing the same. I want to look at some of the proposals which we rejected. For example, in the Bill, we had proposed that the Ministry enacts a water resource strategy every five years and that strategy be reviewed after every three years. Unfortunately, the Senate proposed it the other way round which was going to be very difficult. That is an area which, during mediation, we shall agree on very easily. Their proposal that the rules and regulations for water services be enacted at the county level is not right because that is a national task. Therefore, it should be undertaken by the Ministry. In fact, in Clause 140 of the Bill, it is very clear that the rules and regulations will be formulated by the Ministry in collaboration with all stakeholders. The other area that the Senate did a good job is in the area of licensing. In the earlier Bill, we had used a wrong terminology. Instead of using the term “licensing” we had used the term 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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