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    "id": 73993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/73993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
        "slug": "judah-ole-metito"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. In doing so, I am aware that the Minister for Water and Irrigation is ahead of us because she has actually implemented this Motion. That is a very good gesture by the Ministry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, it is very important that she revisits the Water Act, 2000, so that it can be structured in a way that all this can be captured in line with the new Constitution. If you look at these water services boards, for instance, the one that serves my area, the Tana and Athi River Water Service Board that covers four counties; Kajiado, Machakos, Makueni and Kitui, you really need to do a lot of restructuring such that the process is very clear. As it is now, there a lot of ambiguities from the top to the water companies at the constituency level. If you take, as the Seconder of the Motion has said, the water companies that are mostly based at the constituency level, especially those pumping water using electricity, a good case is the Loitoktok Water Company, that actually goes up to over Kshs1 million a month. I think this is really doing a disservice to the people who pay their water rates on time. I do not know whether it is at the water company level or at the Ministry level that the money is not remitted to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) that a lot"
}