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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " The time is up. Hon. Senators, due to the importance of this Motion and what is happening in the nation, under Standing Order No.34(2)(a), I will exercise the discretion to give an extra time for debating of this Motion to enable about two or three Senators to share a period of not more than 15 minutes so that we close it out. I will ask Sen. Cherarkey to proceed. You do not have to spend the 5 minutes so that we share the time."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion. I empathise with many Kenyans who have lost their lives or property due to ongoing flooding. We prayed for this rain. We must be responsible for what happens. Number two is that as the Vice Chair of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), counties normally allocate two per cent of their budget to disaster management. The question we should ask ourselves as Senate is where are the counties in all this conversation? They have enough resources to mitigate the disaster of flooding we are facing in this country. Therefore, counties cannot escape responsibility and abdicate it to national Government. Finally, there is a problem in this country called land “grabiosis”."
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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": "Most of the floods are happening around riparian areas where buildings have diverted rivers. Nature is unforgiving. If you build on riparian land and a waterway, the moment it rains, even after 20, 70 years those waters will come. If it is objected on the way, it will always bring a disaster like what happened in Dubai. Madam Temporary Speaker, I call upon all Kenyans to be careful, especially during the rainy season. Please let us always be careful while driving. With those many remarks, I support the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Thank you, Senator, for keeping it short. Senator Beatrice Ogola?"
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to support the wise Motion by the Senior Senator, Sen. Agnes Muthama. This country cannot move from floods to drought and vice versa . We are now crying about floods and a few months ago we were crying about drought. This brings me to reflect on our settlement plan as a country. Counties and the national Government should be talking about and implementing spatial plans. In our settlement, there must be marked areas for human settlement and the general environment. Just as other speakers have mentioned, nature is not a respecter of anybody. When rains come and you stand on the path of water, there will be massive floods. With the floods, we have displacement, loss of life and property, and an education that has been disrupted. We also have health services that our people cannot get because of the displacement. Flooding is not only limited to Machakos County, as brought by my senior colleague, Senator Muthama. In Homa Bay County, where I come from, in almost two sub-counties, and to be specific in the Rachuonyo Sub-county, we have women and children who are suffering because they are sleeping in the cold. This is because our governments are not consistently following their plans in the preparedness of our people. Rains were foreseen. It is not an occurrence that just came about. The Meteorological Department had talked about it. Our people knew that the rains would come, but what did the two levels of government do? We only wait to see our people displaced, and to say we allocate funds to mitigate this. I want to support this and insist that rather than allocating funds to mitigate, the two levels of government must now venture into promoting preventative measures that must be put in place in time. In our earlier years, we saw the Ministry of Public Works then prepare communities for the coming rains and floods. In my language, we used to call them"
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"content": ". People knew before the rains came, they would come and prepare the roads and prepare people. What has happened with the devolution? Devolution was supposed to enhance some of these activities. So, I want to support, but I also want to say that as a Government, we must enhance our activities in saving the environment. When you destroy the environment, you call for floods, drought, loss of food, and disruption of activities. So, with the rains and the floods that are here, I support that funds must be brought in to save our people."
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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": "However, in our urban centres, the planners in the county governments, overseen by the national Government, must see the standards are adhered to when we are building houses. I support."
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