Wahome Wamatinga

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• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 27 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree with my colleagues that county governments do not have a framework that the national Government enjoys having such as entering into Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). We must also have a paradigm shift in the way we look at things. In some of our counties, especially in the agricultural sector, when it comes to water reticulation, the units are so little that they cannot achieve economies of scale. Therefore, this calls for a collaboration between counties and the national Government, so that they can realise some of the mega projects that have been conceptualised. We ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I sat in the Mediation Committee as a member of the Standing Committee. Indeed, the issue of water scarcity and the reticulation has remained quite a major challenge in this country. That being the case, the Committee from the Senate and the National Assembly sat together. In the spirit of one nation and one approach, we thrashed out the issues that we had. Fully aware that matters of water affect county governments, we realized that it is imperative that we agree on a way to move it forward. It is not lost to ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: need to come up with smart meters, smart and intelligent water reticulation system and water leakage system as is with gas and oil pipeline. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we achieve this, some counties will save up to 70 per cent of the water that they harvest. We know that in the wake of the climate change, our rivers and our groundwater is reducing day by day. This calls us to ensure that we have a more pragmatic approach that will ensure that the water that we harvest is not only used prudently but also accounts for each and every drop. ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: family kind of approach where the governors in most counties do not even know what happens. Therefore, we must also put into place structures and systems to ensure that we do not only account for the water that has been harvested and reticulated, but also ensure that transparency and governance are written in capital letters. The spirit of the Bill is to ensure that moving forward, water becomes a tradable commodity and that we have responsible boards that are manning these water service providers. As we do that, it should not be lost to us that some of these water ... view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: of dams that were promised in the 1960s have not been realised up-to-date because of the challenges in the balance sheet of the country. As I said at the beginning, the Government approach today is to have Public Private Partnership (PPP) where you will let private equity flow into the construction of dams, development of the infrastructure and reticulation works, which can be paid off like it is with the Expressway. I would want to urge my colleagues to keep their eyes wide open especially with the water service providers. We have a gap in terms of governance and management. ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the report by Sen. Osotsi. The issue of water reticulation and service providers has been wrongly handled for a long time. Indeed, Senators uphold and are determined to protect devolution. That being the case, we know this function is devolved and it must be undertaken by the counties. However, it must not be lost to us that we have aspects of water in some counties that cannot be handled by the county government alone and there must be concerted efforts by regional bodies. I support water development agencies because ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: In Kieni East and Kieni West, we have a proposed Karimenu Dam and Naromoru that was proposed back in the 60s. However, garnering resources and the budget required to come up with those dams has remained a challenge. That can be achieved if we adopt this new approach of public-private partnerships; where we make water a tradeable commodity and ensure that private equity flows into the business. On non-revenue water, some companies have up to 70 percent and that cannot be left unchallenged because, if we can address the issue of non-revenue water, we can generate enough resources to address ... view
• 23 Oct 2024 in Senate: technology and also water usage services, we can ensure that most of the water that we take into our houses is intelligently used. I do remember, one of the Motions that I tabled when I came to this House was application of intelligent water usage in buildings. As we do with the movement sensors that chart the light on and off depending on whether the room is occupied, we can also have water reticulation system that is intelligent so that you do not have somebody using one bucket of water to brush their teeth, yet they could use a quarter ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Communication that you have just made. It is, indeed, a very sad affair that we are chosen by the electorate--- view