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    "id": 659291,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "I rise to support these amendments. The Report by the Committee is giving us proper guidance. We all know that the function of water is shared. Where necessary, it is important that we involve the counties and as suggested by the Committee, give representatives in those committees. There are very many water providers in my county. The suggestion by the Senate that there only be one water provider in the county is not going to work and it can cause chaos and a lot of challenges. If they just go and look from the 30 or 100 water providers who are there and say that it is this one that is going to be providing water in the entire county, it is not going to be possible. Most of the assets that are owned by the water providers were contributed by the members of those water providers. So, it is not going to be possible to divest that ownership from them to another entity. So, I support the rejection by the Committee. I support the position of the Senate on the issue of licensing as well as the Committee. Let us give the counties the necessary powers. When it comes to regulations, if we leave every county to come up with its own regulations, we are going to have all sorts of chaos. It is important that we have uniformity while the projects can be different based on the different areas. The issue of policy is the role of the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and we should reject the proposed amendment to be the counties. When it comes to the issue of inter-county waterways, those are areas that we should leave to the national Government. If necessary, the various counties can be brought together at the auspicious of the ministry so that we do not have any tussles."
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