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    "id": 1009479,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009479/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 176,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
        "slug": "jacqueline-adhiambo-oduol"
    },
    "content": " Much obliged. As a country, we should be alive to disasters that are strongly linked to climate change such as fires. The other day, we were discussing about the Tsavo fires. There will be many more questions about the causes of fire all over the country but, all that is linked to climate change. We have seen devastating rains that have caused landslides. Lives have been lost. We are seeing a rise in the water levels in our lakes. Our lakes are experiencing an abnormal rise in the level of water and learning institutions and human settlements have been submerged. These are not things to ignore. So, this Bill recommends the creation of an authority. We believe that Authority will have the capacity and infrastructure to deal with those matters. The establishment of a research unit within this Authority will be very critical. We have seen many authorities in this country that run into troubles of corruption and they do not deliver. The centralization of all disaster programmes and strategies through this Bill, I believe, will gear us towards efficiency so that this country is ever ready to deal with fires and flood-related disasters. This will enable us take matters of disaster management away from political linkages that make us see how much generous others are politically when there are disasters. This should not be the case. The taxpayers’ resources and infrastructure of the country should firmly be in place so that in case of disasters, they are dealt with decisively. The existing disaster management systems in this country are either from donors or individuals. In Nairobi City, we have the Sonko Rescue Team. We have been independent for 57 years and yet, we still leave disaster management issues to the mercy and benevolence of individuals, whose intention is political mischief. It means we are not doing well in terms of governance. As we develop our country, with respect to climate change and other factors, this Authority should have a strong framework in terms of research, information, focus and ability to swing into action at whatever moment to deal with disasters. We have seen businesses lost through fires and citizens suffer for no apparent reason. So, this Bill is timely and we hope it will become law that will effectively be implemented so that citizens of this country can see the value in it. I support."
}