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    "id": 1100525,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, many lives that we have lost in Nairobi City could have been saved if we had a proper framework for disaster management. A lot of property have gone up and many of us in our culture many people do not insure their property. A lot of property could be saved. Incidentally and I am confident enough to say this. I will not shy out of it because it might be a bit political. When I have done investigations on many of the fires in Gikomba, those fires have been caused by three reasons. The first reason is people who have been prospecting for that land. We have made pronouncement that that is public land of the entire 12 acres. No one should think that you will burn and move the traders away. Madam Temporary Speaker, the second two reasons are the ones, which are much more disturbing. There is a section of certain traders and we know some of them, and we have raised this issue severally. When their stock is about to run out, they cause a fire so that they can claim insurance yet they are jeopardising the livelihoods of many more other traders. That is why I am not afraid to say it. Finally, there has been accidents either electrical fault. We have these ladies who cook githeri and it is burning overnight. Sometimes we have street boys who are enjoying the fire and maybe some sparks fly. That has been another reason. The second reason of insurance-based arson as well as the reason of land prospecting really needs to be dealt with. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill wants to ensure that first, there is coordination between the national government and the county governments when it comes to dealing with disasters. Many counties do not have the capacity that Nairobi County has. Even Nairobi County despite having the biggest capacity has not been doing well in managing disaster. We have proposed in many parts of this city, first, fire stations. Land has been grabbed where fire stations are supposed to be. People have built and encroached on the paths through which even a truck could come and bring relief or rescue the situation when there has been a disaster. Madam Temporary Speaker, there was some small buggies that I think Gov. Kidero had bought which were small quad bikes with water that would go inside Gikomba and these markets when there is disaster. As the story has been on many issues in my county of Nairobi, they disappeared. We do not know where they are. They are not being used. We saw fire hydrants in this city. The red posts along the streets were in case of a disaster---, because you call the fire engine, they come and say either they come without water or they come and quickly run out of water. There are many times Nairobians have almost lynched these people and sent them away. Why would you come to the site of a fire disaster without water? Madam Temporary Speaker, we want to make sure that there is coordination of disaster risk management issues for national and county governments especially for counties that might not have the capacity."
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