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    "id": 701329,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701329/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in accordance with Standing Order No. 33, I would like to move that this House adjourns to discuss a matter of national importance. Realizing that Article 96 of the Constitution gives this House the responsibility of promoting, defending and articulating the interests of counties; Recognizing that the Murang’a County Government commissioned a thorough review of the Northern Collector Tunnel Project and that a report of the technical Committee has already been availed by Murang’a County Government; Noting further that the County Assembly of Murang’a has equally been seized of this matter and has raised pertinent issues on questions regarding the availability and accessibility of fresh water to the people of Murang’a and the counties along the Tana River Basin; Realizing further that this matter has provided debate in the media and within the political class, a debate that this Senate should be seized of, and from the point of view of facts and issues pertinent therein, take a stand as a Senate in line with Article 96 of the Constitution; Cognizant of the fact that the problem of accessing fresh water is a major global problem, not just national, and an environmental issue to other nations; Now therefore, This House would, therefore, like to discuss this matter of the Northern Collector Tunnel so as to understand the pertinent issues and to defend the interests of the counties concerned."
}