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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/679217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think congratulations are in order. As my colleagues have already said before me, congratulations! This is a very important Motion and I commend my colleague who brought it. It is more important to us who are from pastoralist communities. As they say, water is life. More than anything else, the Government of Kenya owes its people the duty to provide for them clean and safe water. I also commend the person who added the word “safe”. This is because in some of our areas, the water has a lot of fluoride such that we have people with stained teeth who cannot be absorbed into the Police Service. That should be looked into so that people are not unnecessarily locked out of those opportunities. Pastoralist communities have always been having a problem, especially when it comes to migrating to get grass and pasture for their livestock. It has affected schools. In fact, most areas in Turkana have a lot of underground water. It is imperative that, that water is tapped for the benefit of students so that, when their parents move in search of pasture, they remain in school to study and improve the lot of their communities. The other important thing is, whereas somebody might argue that this is a role of county governments, I believe that is not the case because both levels of Government are symbiotic. This is because they work together to ensure that people of Kenya enjoy their rights. If we allow county governments to run education matters, we will be losing it because education is a national function. This is just an ancillary service. We are in order to urge the national Government to supply water. 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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