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    "id": 746940,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/746940/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwangangi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Sometimes I ask myself: As a country, do we have a contract to supply the Indian Ocean, lakes and big rivers with water? This is because sometimes in a particular region, it may rain everyday for a whole week but, two weeks later, you hear people crying because of lack of water. The Mover of this Motion has done a commendable job. The relevant departments should be involved and not only the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries or the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, which I think has very little to do with this Motion. We should bring in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, county governments and other players in the water sector to take into consideration water harvesting. In so doing, we will increase the water table. Water will be available to our people and livestock. We will also deal with the issue of environment degradation. My colleague has talked about climatic change. From the time we attained Independence, if the country took the route of water harvesting, today we could not be talking about environmental destruction, the way we are doing. I come from a region where we have Athi River, which is one of the major rivers in this country. Today, it is highly polluted courtesy of our failure as a country to address what we are discussing here. This Motion is addressing many challenges that we are facing as a country and I am sure that, in the end, we will come up with solutions. My last comment is this: As much as we are talking about water harvesting and management, we also need to think about the drainage systems in the capital city and other urban centres in this country. This will help this country to move in the right direction. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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