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    "id": 1011313,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "In the recent past, we have witnessed many disasters in our country. As it was well articulated, it is just prudent for us to look for a cohesive way of responding to these disasters. As you know, something only qualifies to be a disaster if it is not planned. We must come up with a way of coordinating resources to help the victims and situations that get us in a way of emergencies because all disasters are emergencies by nature. In my constituency of Kiharu, just like many other Members in this House, we have witnessed various disasters. Every single season, we have had landslides which are disasters that affect people, especially those on the topographies that are steep. It has been very disappointing because the only thing we have seen coming from the Government, especially citing the last landslide we had, was nothing more but packets of rice. There is a case I have been following of a disaster that happened in 2018, of a landslide in a ward called Murarandia in Kiharu, where people lost their land. The landslide affected the land to a point where there was no place to build their houses. The only things that were availed to those victims were food items and a few non-food items like mattresses. Those people were victims of an emergency, their land, coffee and tea plantations were destroyed and they had nowhere to build a home for their children. We need to get serious because there is no way a citizen of Kenya will only be a property of Government when they try committing suicide. But when they are undergoing problems, these are their personal problems and the Government leaves them to deal with them. We need to come up with a coordinated manner in which to help people during tragedies and even during the aftermaths. The victims I am trying to describe some of them up to date are hosted by their neighbours. We need to coordinate and help these victims, so that they can restore the dignity they had before the disaster. Even as we deal with natural tragedies like the disasters of landslides and fire, we have to avoid manmade disasters. We have seen during the coronavirus pandemic some disasters generated by our Government. We saw women in Kariobangi being thrown out of their houses by police officers and their houses being demolished. Even as we deal with the natural ones, we need to have some dignity as a Government and afford the people we lead comfort, especially in such a time like during the coronavirus pandemic. I can see my time is almost up. I want to add that we need to put more resources for disaster management in our country so that we can holistically handle the issues the victims go through during and after the disasters. We need to categorise them so that we know how to respond to each. The way we respond to fire is not the same way we respond to a terrorist attack or landslide. Therefore, we need to mainstream and always be prepared. Not to run helter-skelter when the disaster happens. With those many remarks, I second."
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