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"speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Dekow. What is it?"
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to raise a fundamental issue that was raised by Hon. Keynan, on the issue of---"
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"content": "Order! You are out of order. Hiyo tumepita . Take your seat. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 209(2), on a matter of great importance to the people of Kilifi County and the Coast region in general regarding water. The people of Kilifi and Mombasa Counties get water from Baricho Water Works (BWW). Offtake of this water must be done using electricity and we have to pay electricity bills. However, Kenya Power charges a very high tariff on production of water from the source to the ultimate destination. This has caused a lot of pain to the people of Kilifi and Mombasa Counties because they pay hefty electricity bills and are always disconnected."
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, in the 12th Parliament, we approved a Report by the Departmental Committee on Energy which was shared by Hon. Gikaria, on a public petition regarding water supply constraints caused by Kenya Power Tariffs in Kilifi County. I presented that petition and the Report which I am holding was Tabled in this House and approved. One of the key recommendations of the Committee was that, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). If I may quote, “must undertake and engage in a consultative forum with water works development agencies, water companies and water services boards to come up with a non- commercial tariff for water pumping for public water utilities including the Baricho Water Works.” Hon. Speaker, you know where Baricho is. A report from EPRA was expected in 90 days but that never happened. EPRA did not do it and either did the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum or Kenya Power. Today, as I speak in this Chamber, water has been disconnected for the last one week in Kilifi County and people are suffering. Schools are closing, hospitals cannot operate because Kenya Power disconnected water. Water is a fundamental human right under Article 43(2) of the Constitution. It is important that this House enforces the attainment of the rights by ensuring that EPRA and other state agencies act to ensure that the constitutional rights are upheld. We cannot continue to have the people of Kilifi County suffer from water shortage because of wrong tariffs. Yet, there is plenty of water."
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"content": "Kenya Power is one of the thorns in the enjoyment of our right. We must pay for electricity, which we agree to do. However, it should not be at the detriment of denying people water for two weeks. Hon. Speaker, I pray that you direct the Committee on Implementation to call EPRA, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum and everybody in this sector to answer to one fundamental question, why are they denying the people of Kilifi County their basic constitutional right of water?"
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"content": "Secondly, that the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya Power and other relevant players mentioned in the Report, forthwith implement the resolution to guard against curtailment of our right. That they connect the power as they sort out this issue to avoid the continuous suffering of the people of Kilifi County. I beg you Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you. Clerks-at-the-Table, you can pass that concern to the Committee on Implementation to deal with."
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"content": "(Hon. Adan Keynan spoke off record)"
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