{"id":847402,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/847402/?format=json","text_counter":260,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kwanza, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi","speaker":{"id":2065,"legal_name":"Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi","slug":"ferdinard-kevin-wanyonyi"},"content":" Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank the Committee for recommending the annulment of these regulations, which I understand were to take effect from August this year. They would have caught people off-guard. I have a house in Kwanza, where I use more than 100 litres of water per day because of the many dependants I stay with. I had not known anything about these regulations. It appears that the Committee proposes the annulment of these regulations largely because there was no public participation. I want to thank them for that because most people, including me, would have been caught unawares. If I were to be found culpable, I would have been made to pay a Kshs1million fine, which is very punitive."}