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"content": " Your time is up, Senator. Sen. Joe Nyutu, proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I also rise to support this Motion by the Senator for Machakos County, my good friend, Sen. Kavindu Muthama. For the last few days, rains have pounded this country in a big way. This have resulted into many problems, including flooding and, in some cases, landslides. As I speak, in my county, Murang’a, we have had some landslides affecting the road between Murang’a and Kiriaini town, which is in Township Ward of Kiharu Constituency. We also have a bridge in Kigumo Constituency that is Muthithi Ward, the bridge that connects Kiahiti to Muthithi. As I stand here, I am also one of the people whose counties have been affected by these floods. Madam Temporary Speaker, these issues need to be addressed at the earliest possible opportunity. I stand with other colleagues who have submitted that we should not be quick to blame the national Government. Funds have been disbursed to county governments. They have the emergency fund, but nothing is happening on the ground. Counties should move with speed and also take preventive measures. They should prevent some of the occurrences such as landslides from happening. Gabions were common during President Moi’s time. That is something that counties can do with locally available materials because they have the fund. Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge Murang’a County Government to address the landslides affecting the Murang’a-Kiria-ini Road, Kiahiti Bridge between Muthithi and the other side of Kiahiti and see that mitigative measures have been put in place. Even as we say this – I am happy that one of my colleagues has also talked about it – we must see to it that waterways are not blocked by anything. This is where the physical planning departments of the various counties come in. They should not allow any developments or buildings to be put up on waterways or riparian lands. These are things that are within the capacity of the counties. I also support that we should harvest the water. We have floods now. However, after some time, people in some areas will start crying that they have no water. Counties may not be able to construct big dams, but they can do water pans to harvest the water. If we harvest it, it will not damage our roads and other facilities. We need to be disaster prepared. Every county should have a disaster preparedness plan, so that we do not only come in when disasters have occurred. We will prevent disasters from happening because we are prepared."
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"content": "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."
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"content": "We must also urge people living in low areas that may be affected by floods to move to upper grounds. For those affected and those who may suspect that there could be landslides near where they live, as a House, we should ask them to move to safer places. Madam Temporary Speaker, with that, I submit and support the Motion by Sen. Kavindu Muthama. I thank you."
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. Crystal Asige."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Motion moved here this evening. This is clearly climate change in action. It is a wonder to me why we are not taking disaster management funding more seriously and, in fact, increasing its allocation the more we are experiencing climate change and its effects on our country. Climate change-related crises have a direct impact to PWDs when it destroys accessible buildings, damages transport infrastructure and deteriorates our existing medical conditions, significantly reduces our economic participation and impacts our livelihoods, and makes it impossible for us to access essential services making us even more vulnerable to human rights abuses. Madam Temporary Speaker, you see why I was shocked as a Kenyan and Parliamentarian upon learning that there are no substantive conversations being had around us forging a path to disability inclusive disaster management, especially amidst our current weather patterns. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have experienced El Nino rains since October last year until February, 2024. Now, we have the long rains which have killed over 174 people in Kenya, including 133 adults and 41 children. It has also forced 530,000 people from 105,824 households to be evacuated. These extremes did not and have not spared PWDs in our households. We have heard from the Mover of this Motion that, so far, 32 people have died, 15 have been injured and over 103,000 people have been displaced in just the rains of a couple of weeks. Without critical budgets for disability inclusive adaptation, emergency relief, loss and damage being intentionally allocated and protected for during these climate crises to safeguard disability community, we are overlooked. Our allocations too are prioritised elsewhere and our needs are swept away with the rains. As a climate activist from Bangladesh said, disability is not a key priority and when the cuts come, they often come through disability. I wish that when we will be passing the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and County allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), which are coming up soon in this House, we think very keenly about what we are doing if we chose to go beyond or differ what will be proposed by the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. This is because every single penny and cent of these funds is important, especially for vulnerable groups such as PWDs in this country."
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"content": "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."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, non-disabled people can run from rains and save themselves in one way or another. However, a wheel chair user, a blind woman or man cannot run. So far, in the last couple of weeks, I have been given reports by parents and caregivers of children with disabilities to say that over 50 children with disabilities have died. Compound that with the doctors’ strike, the crisis therein and the stronghold going on between Government and doctors. You can now see how PWDs and children with disabilities are suffering. They are absolutely dying in front of our faces and we are doing nothing about it. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a problem that really goes beyond just what we are talking about here today. I hope that other Senators will understand the importance of disability inclusive---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Sen. Asige, you have one minute."
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"content": "We will understand the importance of disability- inclusive climate action and disaster management funding. It is really appalling to see children with disabilities, the most vulnerable of us, dying and we are doing nothing about it. I thank you."
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