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    "id": 758051,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/758051/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwalyo",
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        "id": 13423,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First, I would like to congratulate you for your nomination. Being on the Speaker’s Panel is an honour. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I would like to speak about the ratification of the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement, especially in line with the protection of the rivers. This treaty says that we need to protect the water so that it is not polluted and other foreign species are not introduced into that river making it inhabitable. In the same breath, I would like Kenyans to see our rivers which have been reduced to rocks being brought to their original positions so that water can flow freely when there is rain. In protecting these rivers, you will improve the water levels. You will even improve the purity of the water because when there is sand, the water level comes up. Otherwise, there has been a lot of sand harvesting, especially in my constituency, and the rivers have been left without any water because of many people benefitting themselves by buying the sand and selling it in the city and other towns. Therefore, as we speak about protecting and conserving the Nile River, we also need to think of our own rivers in our own constituencies so that we can pass some bylaws and prevent the so-called sand harvesters from reducing the water to rocks. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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