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    "id": 792099,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I come from an area surrounded by water. That is Lake Victoria, one of the fresh water lakes in the world. But, there is no water in that area all the same because water does not reach everybody in the area. That means there is some problem with water in this country. Kenya is infested with tragedies when there is plenty of water. When there is plenty of water, you can see people drowning in those waters, especially in the lakes, when they cross over. Children die during the rainy season. When there is no water, there is drought. Animals, plants and human beings also die. It means we lack preservation of water. We do not protect it and we let it go to waste. This Bill is good because of this. It is going to save us. It is going to help us implement certain things that will enable us to protect human life when there is excess water which we cannot manage. We need to manage water. That is part of conservation of the environment. Water is not only needed at the domestic level but we also need it for industrialisation. Right now, one of the agendas of the Government is to improve and expand industrialisation. With that, a lot of water will be required. If we do not conserve and protect it, we are not going to ensure that agenda works. Children and adults need to have some knowledge about water; how to protect it, even the little that we have. We need to protect it. Many people let the taps run for hours. We see lots of pipes of water bursting. Nobody bothers to repair the burst taps and so on. So, there is a lot of wastage. That means we are not sensitive to the fact that water is life. We are not sensitive to the fact that water requires to be protected. We need to know this all the time. It is a basic right that we must rally around and ensure that we protect. I support the Motion because it is going to sensitise us that there is need for protection, for conservation and for the use of water. Lastly, the water that we need to protect also needs to be treated. We just use water anyhow. Sometimes it is not very clean. You can see it with women in the village. They draw water that is very dirty; water that is green, brown and has lost colour. They are not aware. We need education on conservation. We need education on how to clean our water before we drink or use it."
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