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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "“accreditation” which is not right. I thank the Senate for going through the Bill. There are a number of clauses that have had to be amended such that, instead of using the term “accreditation” we are now substituting it with the term “licensing”. This is a very good and important improvement to this Bill. Finally, I want to highlight the issues that have been raised by the Chair and my other colleagues with regard to Clause 115. This Clause is very important in that it provides a provisory for funds to be availed for the improvement of the supply of water. This is an area where donor agencies will need counterpart funds. The Senate proposal that neither the Equalisation Fund nor the county governments contribute to this negated the whole purpose of this clause since it will be very difficult for donors and people who are willing to give grants to improve water services at community level to give money. Many times, donors always want counterpart funds. Therefore, we propose that this should be maintained. We hope that during the mediation period, we shall be able to convince our colleagues in the Senate that this is extremely important. We need the counties to be responsible so that they can provide water services to their respective communities. With those few comments, I strongly support the Report of the Committee."
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