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    "id": 679156,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following amendment to the Motion:- THAT, the Motion be amended by inserting the words “clean and safe” immediately after the phrase “financial framework for and provides tapped”. The Motion as amended will read:- THAT, aware that water is one of the most basic human needs; concerned about children in primary schools, especially, those that do not have access to clean tapped water; also aware that the Government is already providing electricity and food to those schools; deeply concerned that lack of water leads to a host of hygiene-related problems including jigger infestation, cholera and others, this House resolves that the Government formulates a financial framework for and provides tapped clean and safe water to all public facilities, especially primary schools, as water is life. The whole idea of introducing this amendment, which I have discussed with the Mover and we are in agreement, is that what we are looking for is not just to provide tapped water, but provide clean and safe water to our public institutions. As I had explained when I contributed to this Motion, Kenya is not a water deficient country. We have failed to harness our water resources particularly rain water. I demonstrated when I was moving that this country receives about 1,500 mm of rainfall, which is above world average. There are countries in the world which receive as little as 50 mm precipitation that depend on rain water as their main source of water. As long as we can make that water safe and clean, it is a ready source and also if your average school has a playing area of about 1,000 square metres, that can give you over 200 cubic metres of water. That is 200,000,000 litres which is more than enough to supply a school of 400 students and allow for a reserve for agriculture and related business within the school."
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