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    "id": 676517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this Motion is implemented, we will either allow the area water companies to run the water facilities or the schools will be trained on how to manage water systems to ensure that this idea is sustainable. In my opinion, this idea makes a lot of sense. If we are to adopt the idea of giving water companies the mandate of running these water systems we will need to address the issue of governance of those companies. I say so because in my constituency I have three water companies, namely; Gatamathi, Kahuti and Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company (MUWASCO). Among the three companies, only MUWASCO is fairly well administered. The rest have gaps in the area of management. They give advice which later on turns out to be erroneous. Looking at our budget, how do we expend our resources? There is a lot of money that is going to security-related projects. I had personally moved an amendment – which was unfortunately not agreed upon by the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee – to channel more money to our schools to particularly cover the areas of water and school feeding programme. I still hold the view that the money, which may be expended through the support of this entity--"
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