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    "id": 792003,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oluoch",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to second the Motion. It is a very important Motion. Not only is it part of Vision 2030 which we all aspire as a nation to attain, it is also part of the Big Four Agenda. More importantly, it is relevant to me as an MP in a constituency in Nairobi. It was also part of the big five in the things I promised would be the deliverables for me as an MP in a Nairobi constituency. It is not lost to anyone that this time of the year the heavy rains have caused havoc and destruction. It should be a cause for us to reflect and see what we can do as a nation to harness that water and use it for purposes of agriculture not only in the rural areas, but especially in Nairobi and be able to ensure that we are self-sustained in our demands for water as Nairobians. There is the Water Act, 2016. It establishes what is called the Nairobi Water Harvesting and Storage Authority. This Authority already contemplates that there shall be in place mechanisms and systems by Government to ensure that we are able to create water reservoirs; we are able to create storage facilities; and we are able to ensure every member who lives in Nairobi has decent and clean water. In supporting and seconding this Motion, I want to state that one of the problems we have in Nairobi that we will need to confront and deal with as we try to address the question of water, is the artificial shortage. There is partly an artificial shortage of water that arises because of cartels. We have cartels in two levels. The first level ensures that we do not have water where we stay so that they can supply us with water that we buy. I spend about Kshs 4,000 to pay for water, part of what they charge me for my consumption and then spend another Kshs 20,000 to pay water suppliers as a result of what I consider to be water shortage."
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