{"id":701579,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701579/?format=json","text_counter":30,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. M’uthari","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1576,"legal_name":"Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari","slug":"joseph-meruaki-muthari"},"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that Article 43 of the Constitution provides that every person has the right to clean and safe water in adequate quantities; further aware that water harvesting is an important practice for water management; cognisant of the fact that earth dams and water pans would play a key role in water harvesting especially in arid and semi-arid areas; noting that large quantities of run-off water goes to waste in most parts of the country; further noting that this run-off if properly harvested and managed would be useful for domestic, livestock and irrigation purposes; appreciating that increased infrastructural development especially in roads has led to mobilisation of machineries and human resources in most areas; further appreciating that these civil engineering machineries and personnel can be useful in construction of earth dams and water pans; this House resolves that the Government through the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development ensures that all road designs and constructions incorporate run-off water harvesting and management mechanisms."}