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    "id": 681334,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support the mediated version because it recognises devolution. Clause 8 of the mediated version introduces a consultation process between the national Government and the county governments because as much as the national Government will put up the water works, they must eventually be distributed and consumed at the county level. There is now a provision for that. If you look at Clause 8(b) where we are talking of the national strategy, there is provision under Clause 3(c) that there is consultation between the national Government and the county governments. Throughout the system, it realises we have a devolved system. I like this because people tend to think that there are certain functions that cannot work if devolved. The truth is that we have not gone in a systematic manner to link the national with the county systems. That is what the mediation has, in my view, intended to do. It carefully looks at the impact at the county level. That is even if it is storage works or strategy. That is extremely important. If we could do that with all other functions that are devolved, we would go a long way. I must take this opportunity to appreciate, like everybody has said, that the Senate seems to be doing an extremely good work now. I know you did not want us to talk about “water is life,” but you know for me and with the students at the gallery, I must explain why water is life. All living things, plants and animals including human beings, are alive because of biochemical reactions that occur in the body. All those reactions can only occur in aqueous solutions, in water solutions. That is because they do not take place in a dry form. It is important to know that the human body is 70 per cent water. With that digression, I support this mediated version of the Water Bill."
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