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    "id": 719986,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719986/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
        "slug": "joseph-meruaki-muthari"
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    "content": "Hon. 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 play a key role in water harvesting especially in arid and semi-arid areas; noting that a large quantity of run-off water goes to waste in most parts of the country; further noting that, that run-off water, 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 the mobilisation of machineries and human resources in most areas; further appreciating that those civil engineering machineries and personnel can be useful in the 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. That would improve or contribute to the increase in water available for those purposes."
}