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    "id": 774128,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to firmly support the Bill because it speaks volume to me as a person. I feel it is the only way our nation can overcome the many problems that we are in today. One, when you put into consideration the challenge that comes with climate change which has negative impact on eco-systems, water resources, food and also health. Unless we plan in advance then the years to come many of us or the generation that will come after us will face a lot of challenges and that is why we need to support this. Although, we feel that it is already late, but it is better that we pass this Bill and implement it as soon as possible so that we can benefit from it. The Bill will have positive and great impact on the big four agenda that we are focusing on as a nation. It will take care of our livelihood, health and many things. We all know that without water there is no life. Many of the hon. Members have mentioned how much we have lost in the past and how we continue losing a lot of water. That is why it is important to continue making noise and say it is important for us to harvest enough water. I was born, brought up and still live in an area that is very dry; where we carry water and we continue carrying water for 20kilometres.You must use Kshs.80and above to get 20 litres of water in today’s world. Sometimes it is difficult to even get the 20 litres of water which in the city someone can just flash. For a pastoralist like me, sometimes I feel like I can even transfer the water that I use at home today so that I can help my people on the ground. The demand on the ground is what pushes us, as legislators, to pass this Bill as soon as yesterday. You know very well that many of our youths are suffering because of lack of employment. This Bill will take care of them. About 70-75 per cent of Kenyans are the young people who are so hopeless today and have nowhere to go. Some are graduates and have no formal employment. Others have gone to drugs, alcoholism while others have been radicalized. It is our responsibility as the leaders today to plan and take care of them. A lot of our land is arable. If we all visit Israel today, we will see how the Israelites have transformed their desert to a place where they harvest enough food. In Kenya, the soil of the land God has given us is 100 times better than that. Through this Bill, we will be able to move towards that direction of transforming the lives of our people. We will be able to create jobs for them, we will have a healthy society, we will reduce their poverty level and we will be proud of this nation that God has given us. Therefore, I beg to support the Bill. Thank you."
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