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"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Adjournment Motion. First of all, let me convey my condolences to the bereaved families, more specifically the families in Kijabe and Mai Mahiu. The Member for Naivasha has been moving up and down standing with her people. All parts of this country have been affected by floods. Every part of this country from Kisumu to Turkana, to the Coast, to the Mount Kenya region where we had mudslides, and to the Tana Delta, has been affected by floods. Floods are a natural phenomenon. Disasters happen. The most important aspect of any disaster is management and risk mitigation. For three or four weeks, the weatherman issued warnings and updates on the impending floods. The Government, especially the functionaries, did not listen to the weatherman. The weatherman issued warnings to the general public, farmers, traders and road users that there was an impending disaster, especially with the kinds of rains we were expecting. As much as I commend the President and the Government for the much they have done, Government officers and functionaries should be on the ground, especially during the distribution of food, blankets and medicine to ensure that the risks that result from floods are mitigated. Many families across the country do not have places to sleep, and roads have been cut off. We need to marshal a plan to open our roads. The military and the KeNHA need to be involved. How will we ensure that roads in various parts of the country are linked together so that food distribution is not restricted? We also need to ensure that citizens do not cross flooded rivers. You see instances where individuals cross rivers on lorries thinking that they are heavy enough not to be swept away by the flood waters. The Government should issue a decree to put a stop to this suicidal behaviour by citizens. Certain disasters could have been avoided were it not for the carelessness of citizens. I saw the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration coming out strongly to ask citizens not to cross flooded rivers. The other issue is that disaster management in this country is wanting. Some of the search and rescue teams are composed of locals, NGOs, and the Red Cross. Even individual citizens are volunteering for disaster relief efforts. These floods should be a lesson to the Government and to all of us that we need a very strong disaster management department in the Government, so that all those who are supposed to act, both in the county governments and the national Government know their roles. We should not cry year in, year out. We know very well that disasters will strike in one form or another. Let us make sure we have a very workable system on how to manage disasters in this country. As a country, we really need to do this. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Thank you. Member for Githunguri."
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"speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to pass my sincere condolences to the families that have been affected by the 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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"speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
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"content": "menace of the floods all over the country, and more particularly those who were affected by the water at Muniu and Maige villages in Mai Mahiu, and Kijabe. It is, indeed, very sad to note the water that really ravaged homes and properties of people around Mai Mahiu was meant to have been sorted out by the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works. Why do I say so? It is because a lot of media stations have reported that it was a dam, while we know very well it was not. It was water that was blocked by a railway tunnel that could have been unblocked long time ago by the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works. Even as we speak about the errors of omission and commission, we must speak to the relevant ministries on their errors of commission. Why did the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works not avert the situation? That was not a natural dam. It was water that was blocked by trees and ravages from the rains. If the Ministry took its job seriously, we would not have had that kind of scenario. I am very happy to see the kind of response the Government is now giving. Two days after this menace or accident happened, where were our military and disciplined forces who in their camps and barracks have specific forces that are trained on disaster management? It is very unfortunate that we do not give much weight to planning and disaster management cycle in this country. Before a disaster happens, we should have a planning team on preparedness, mitigation measures, recovery, rescue and response. That is the cycle of disaster management. We do not put weight on preparedness, mitigation and recovery in this country. We only give money to response and rescue. We find ourselves getting into a cycle of repeated accidents and we do not offer long-lasting solution. There are countries that have created a whole ministry of disaster management and response. Bangladesh has a fully-fledged budgeted ministry for this kind of activity, yet in Kenya this is just a unit tacked somewhere under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. When it comes to budgeting, we do not give much money to such activities that can determine the number of people that can die or be rescued."
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"speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
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"content": "I am happy because His Excellency the President toured Mai Mahiu today. The people of Mai Mahiu are happy because the President and Deputy President visited them. As a mother, I was wondering why we did not see this kind of response in Embakasi, when people were affected by fire. Why has the same delegation not gone to Garissa? I saw the people of Garissa sleeping on a tarmac road yesterday. Nobody has rescued them. Why are we doing selective rescue and response? Every Kenyan life matters. Everybody should be treated equally with the same kind of importance put on other lives. Otherwise, I send my sincere condolences to the affected families. I hope and pray that we will engage our youths in the Kazi Mtaani Programme to go back to our streets and clean the blockages, so that we can avert many accidents that are on the way. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Unfortunately, our time is up."
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"content": "ADJOURNMENT"
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"content": " Hon. Members, the time being 7.00 p.m., this House stands adjourned until Thursday, 2nd May 2024, at 9.30 a.m."
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"content": "The House rose at 7.00 p.m."
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