 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, not on many opportunities I stand in this house and I feel emotional. But this morning, Mr. Speaker, with this motion, I have feelings of jubilation, feelings of excitement, feelings of satisfaction, Mr. Speaker, because this motion before us, to borrow 1.203 million U.S. dollars, Mr. Speaker, for the past year's community water supply project. This is something, Mr. Speaker, that is just indicative of what the Central Chalibur Party and what this government stands for. And, Mr. Speaker, I stand here as the first parliamentary formic enough under the ticket of the Central Chalibur Party. And the problem that we are about to solve because of this motion, Mr. Speaker, is one that has been in existence for about 40 years or over 40 years in the community. And under the stewardship and under the watch of several other parliamentarians, Mr. Speaker, there was no need or they did not see the need to address such a critical problem in Mikunov. Mr. Speaker, the past year's water supply project. This is going to benefit the people of Praline, the people of Mamikou, Laoban, Laou, the Monipou village, Grass Street, Passiers, Setmary, Lapoint, Cooley Town, Marguerite, Vietnam. Mr. Speaker, we're speaking about more than half of the community. We're speaking about more than half of the Mikunov constituency. And, Mr. Speaker, you ask, how did we get to the stage where we are today? Over four decades ago, Mr. Speaker, the past year's water supply project commenced and completed. And this project has seen Hurricane Arlen, modern one. It has seen Hurricane the Christmas trough, Mr. Speaker. Hurricane Debbie, I think in 1994, I was still a little boy. Hurricane Thomas in 2010. I took out the technology that was used in that particular system, Mr. Speaker. This system works on gravity. The catchment for this current system to be able to get to this catchment, Mr. Speaker, it would take, on average, after you drive, you would have to park and walk in excess of three hours to just get to the catchment. And on this, or if you have hurricanes, and you have difficulty, it becomes very difficult for Wasco to be able to access the areas because of how remote it is. And this has caused problems throughout the community. And I know that you have people like Mr. Tesser, and who would give me 24-7, Mr. Speaker, because they believe that it's long overdue and that we really should have, government should really take some form of intervention as it relates to Wasco and the water supply in past years. Because water is not something, Mr. Speaker, that is a luxury. Water is a necessity. The slogan says it, water is life. And when you have schools, you have elderly persons who rely on water, and we live in a rural area, Mikunof is a rural area, Mr. Speaker. We're not the community where everybody can afford a 1,000 or 2,000 gallon tank for storage. And even that, Mr. Speaker, does not suffice because we've had on numerous occasions, two numerous to mention, Mr. Speaker, when the water supply, when we don't have water in the taps in Mikunof, it goes on for three, four, five, six days, sometimes eight days, sometimes ten days, Mr. Speaker. And even if you have the comfort of a 1,000 gallon tank, Mr. Speaker, within three or four days, there is no water. And even the remedial measures that Wasco tried when they passed with the water trucks, Mr. Speaker, this in itself has provided its own challenges because the truck can only go certain places. So, for instance, the people on the base, those people inside by furniture city, they would not be able to get any water because the Wasco trucks are not able to enter or access these areas. And these people are denied water, not to stand in the fact that they continue to pay their water bills, like all the people in castries, viewfort, cap estate, and the likes. And, Mr. Speaker, it had to take a caring government. It had to take a prime minister who understand what it is not to have running water at your home. It had to take a prime minister who listens, Mr. Speaker. And even before I found the prime minister, Mr. Speaker, I like to give Jack their jacket, Mr. Speaker, so I will not make it seem like nothing was done over the time that the former administration was in government. There was a replacement tank, a bigger tank placed at Roba. And they also did some rehabilitative works on the tank in St. Mary. That's St. Mary. So, there were some works done, Mr. Speaker, but that in itself did little to nothing to help solve the problem of the water. And it just shows, Mr. Speaker, that the current system is one that can no longer, it has met its capacity. Currently, Mr. Speaker, we have in excess of 4,700 people living within the areas that I just mentioned. And our school has, I think, Mr. Speaker, over 2,000 water connections within that area. So when you have in excess of 2,000 people, Mr. Speaker, 2,000 homes without water for a period of eight days, imagine the past year's combined school, the Emanuel SDA school, the preschools within the vicinity, Mr. Speaker, and these children have had to stay home. Myra sucks, they care. These children have had to stay home, Mr. Speaker, because for days and days, there is no running water in the tank. So as parliamentary representative, Mr. Speaker, I want to express my gratitude to the Prime Minister. And he said it, I came and I asked for it, because I feel the pressure, Mr. Speaker, I always ask you to the request of my constituents. And at every meeting that we have, and even the last community meeting that I had, although it had nothing to do with our school, we were speaking about the wind, playing field and the cemetery, questions were raised about the water shortages that we experience in Mikunov, especially in the northern end of the constituency. And people really wanted to know what it is or what is the plan that we have. And I'm happy to say that we don't have a plan, but we're taking action. And the Prime Minister has seen it fit. And Mr. Prime Minister, I want the records to show that I want to express my full gratitude to you and to the other Cabinet colleagues for seeing the need. And these are projects, Mr. Speaker, these are not projects that we are going to do, it's a key guiding case. There is a guiding that project, Mr. Speaker. I can tell you that there is a lot of guiding that project, because right now, what this is going to do is going to really help solve that problem. And I can tell you, when I do my community tours, my house visits, everywhere in the community, somebody has complained about, he tells what I feel about Glosa, he says what I feel about the city of Glosa. And I know people like Pepe and Allen and those other Wasco, these individuals work for Wasco even in the community. They come under a lot of pressure. At times, persons would even insult them and they have to take their blows for Wasco. But we have to be honest and say that the current system, it cannot supply, it has outlived its usefulness. If you want to put it that way, Mr. Speaker, the capacity at the time when this system was set up, there was not so much development in the community. We've seen so much expansion. Quite a bit of expansion have happened in the Wain area, in the Mamiku area. And because it has become very expensive, Mr. Speaker, because of the amount of pressure that we're putting on the current Wasco system, it has become a challenge for Wasco to even allow persons to put in the necessary infrastructure for individuals when they want to go into land expansion or to prepare their land for sale. So I know there are persons like Octavian and others who would welcome such an initiative. But I think one of the persons who would be the RPS is Ms. Tessa Mangal because she has even gone to social media, Mr. Speaker, to express her feelings about the lack of water in the community. And she is someone who has a water tank and when she complains is her water tank has already run dry. So you can imagine our persons who don't have access to a water tank, what type of situation that they have to endure. And I've already said this to Mr. Speaker because I'm not sure if it's because of the pressure that we are putting on the current Wasco system. I don't know if it's because of the lack of water in the community. A system like these that we don't have to go through is not going to be able to do that. A system like this, as we can support our country by drinking, by drinking water and we're living in the river, by the point, by the lake, by the lake. We're all going through the lake, we're all going through the lake, we're all going through the lake. And then there are situations when anyone at this hour who has a water tank I feel high pressure by actually busting my veins... I feel pain in my cabe... I feel fear that if I couldn't do anything... I'd be a punishment to the police... ... to take me to the local police station... ... to cut my hair. This is just my natural hair, I'm not going to be this way... ... I'm not getting a job and I can't do anything... ... for this poor guy, I'm not... and we gave them money to wear a shirt and a shirt and a jacket so they could come here to catch them. At one point, we decided to help them come to the precinct and forget about their problem. We made a deal and was told that we would give a third-time job to them. We did a couple of problems and the decision was not about getting the job, Because there are no toilets, there are no toilets where they can be saved. But if you want to live, you have to do it. You have to appreciate it because you have to wait for your mother. Because you don't have to wait for your mother, you have to call your family. You have to do it for 8 days, 9 days, you have to explain it to me. You have to keep it. And then the other day, the government gave me a problem. This is not a problem that started in Vizier and Beyer. This is a problem. Mr. Speaker, even I call it a problem. This is a problem that the Parliamentary Committee has come to. There is a big problem here. And then you leave it here. Because even if it affects everyone, it will always be a problem. But because of this, it will always be necessary to deal with this problem. I guarantee that you can do whatever you want with this. The government and the Prime Minister, they are the professionals. They are very hard to appreciate. They are very hard to understand, and they are very hard to understand everything about the situation. But they are very hard to understand. They are very hard to understand. I'm And we must say to the ministry. We must say to the airport, Mr. Speaker, that we must be able to concentrate on the work that is necessary for the people of the country. Because the people of the country that has a style and a life, and we must say to the airport. We must say to the people of the country And that's why it's necessary to improve the system that you have for your money. And as I said, if you do a Tibara, you'll get 100,000 gallons of water. And then you'll have to work under the tank, which is 7 miles. But that's not enough because the system that you have to work under the tank is the same system that has no problem. But that doesn't make any sense, we have to work on the system. And the system that we have to work on now, So for this system, we have to work on the pump system that has no gravity. And then for this system, we have to work on the CO2, CO2, CO2, CO2, CO2. So that we can work on the water that is running through the tank. We will work on the dry water that's running through the tank. So we will expect from there, that it will pass and then let the system improve. People expect that. That's a guy. Because I. Other community. If it's a monarchy in the tank, you can still complain that tank, you can share it with other Wascovillages. So, Mr. Speaker, I'm a lady that can support the motions, I want to express my full support for this motion. Mr. Speaker, I know that the people of Mikunof are very excited with this particular motion. And it just goes to show, Mr. Speaker, the general position of this government and the Central Liberal Party. This government is one that listens to the cries of people, is one that does not just listen but acts and puts policies in place, takes action to bring relief to people. And whereas, Mr. Speaker, you see, you would have, I see, I'm social media post about myself saying, I have secret departmentary rep and the people of Libra have a secret meeting in Mikunof and they want to know what the secret meeting is about. And I can tell you what the secret meeting is about, Mr. Speaker. The secret meeting is about ensuring that we have a water supply for the people of Monropo Passia Slapweb. The secret meeting is about ensuring that the JT for Mikunof is delivered. The secret meeting is about ensuring that yesterday the fishermen of Mikunof had a fat deploy and that they get the same cutters extended to them as were the people. The secret meeting was to ensure that the when playing film, Mr. Speaker, can start the secret meeting. And so if they think it's a secret, that it's public, the meeting is to ensure that the cemetery in Mikunof and the expansion, the cemetery expansion project is going to take off and that the people of Mikunof are going to get a monopo, are going to get a cemetery that they deserve. So this is what the secret meetings that I'm having is about, Mr. Speaker. So they don't need to come. They can ask me and I'll tell them what the meetings are. I'll even give them a minute for the meetings. It's public for everybody to see. And they just start to see secret meeting. Even secret meeting, they're looking for, Mr. Speaker. It's obvious that we can see a bit of discomfort in the community. A lot of people going around trying to see what can they do, but it's too late, Mr. Speaker. Mikunof is with the Central Shelter Party and Mikunof is staying with the Central Shelter Party, Mr. Speaker. And under my watch, we're Mikushe Sanu. If you paid money, you pay this, and you prefer to do what you blame, Mr. Speaker, Mikukaiwete Sanu. And I've made it my responsibility and my duty, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that I continue to remain with the people of Mikunof and I continue to stay with them. I continue to support them. I continue to ensure that their voices are heard. And it's because I make it my responsibility to make sure that their voices are heard today. We are able to come to this honorable house, Mr. Speaker. We have this motion to bring relief to several thousands of people in the community. And these are the types of projects, Mr. Speaker, that really makes me feel good as a parliamentary rep, Mr. Speaker. You sit down and you see these children who are the parents complaining to Mr. Speaker. Even on social media, they go and they tell you why they try and go to school. They say, we are coming here. And you know, oh boy, once and for all, we maybe can't bring this problem to our world. And children are not going to be denied school days because of lack of water at the schools. And even if the school with the current system that they have and with the current storage facilities that they have, Mr. Speaker, about it, the water terms at the school last merely a day. So once the water shortage extends or prolongs beyond a day, then school must close. And I know that the Minister of Education will say a few words on how this project will also benefit him as Minister of Education because I know he too comes under some pressure from the teachers and even parents as it relates to school close in my community. So Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that I'm very happy that today we are in this house with this motion. I know, as I said, the people of Mikunof are also very happy. And today is a very historic day for us. And that is what Mikunof is about. We continue to make history in Mikunof. The representation has been one of that kinds of speaker where people are active participants in what happened in the community. We don't impose our will on them. We listen to them and we deliver on what they request. And that is one of the things that they've requested. So to be able to come here today and to be able to deliver on that, Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure as the Parliamentary Rep to be able to stand. So I want to say thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Prime Minister for ensuring that we deliver it for the people of Mikunof. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.