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    "id": 93980,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/93980/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the greatest problem we are having is to let the communities get to know about conservation and restoration of our forest. However, it is important for Parliament to note that we now have Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA) that is working closely with the Water Service Trust Fund. WARMA marks the areas where we have our rivers, water aquifers and they are the ones managing the water resources. The Water Trust Fund has a lot of funding from donors and they are the ones funding WARMA through Water Resources Users Association (WRUA). We are encouraging members to come up with WRUAs from their own respective areas. One of the things they are doing is to make sure that they rehabilitate the river beds. We are mounting seminars to teach them on how to conserve water through catchments and water harvesting. We have a lot of money for this purpose. Already, we have spent Kshs45 million, but MPs and other leaders have not taken it seriously and that is why we only have 130 active and registered WRUAs while we are targeting 5,000. So it is upon MPs to come to our offices, Water Trust Fund and WARMA and get more information because the monies are there. For example, last year, we had over Kshs150 million but we did not have any proposals. We have been asking Members to come up with proposals. We are ready to assist Members. They can come to our Ministry and they will be properly advised on how to come up with WRUAs and how they can benefit."
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