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    "id": 1009422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I also rise to support this Bill. I wish to state that Kenya has had its fair share of disasters, starting from the fires that we constantly have in our schools and informal settlements. That is one area where we constantly have a lot of property lost and sometimes we lose lives. We have flood issues. We have also problems that are unique to this country like the collapse of buildings. Every time, you hear buildings have collapsed and the rubble has buried families alive. This may be caused by poor workmanship and low quality materials and not earthquakes. So, we really have issues as a nation. Many times you have heard of the ferry carrying too many people capsizing and sinking to the bottom of the ocean. So, this Bill is really timely because it seeks to answer the questions of who we call when we have disasters, what we do when we have disasters and how we do it. I wish to state that from my reading of the Bill, I can see that the author proposes that we create an Authority. This Authority is supposed to coordinate and control all responses. In fact, it is supposed to be the command centre. If you remember when we had a terrorist attack at Westgate, many Kenyans lost their lives. Some of the people who died were officers in our forces. The reason this happened is that we had our army, and we also had our police, both on the same side, but not coordinated. In the exchange of fire which was friendly, I believe there are people who lost their lives. So it is important to have a coordinated effort whenever we are doing any rescue operations. 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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