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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Bill. Allow me to make a few disclosures. First, Sen. Sakaja and I agreed on this Bill way before ‘the Handshake.’ At that time, the two of us conceived that the minority and majority can work together harmoniously for purposes of things like these ones which are crosscutting and help the country without necessarily looking as if we are fighting amongst ourselves. Secondly, it is extremely disappointing that since Independence, the country does not have a Disaster Risk Management Bill or Act. Through this Bill, the Ministry got itself working and they drew a policy which was a kneejerk reaction to this framework. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what is even more disappointing is that the country has participated in what you call regional conferences. Kenya has participated in what is now commonly referred to as the Sendai Framework which was done in 2015. In 2005, Kenya has also participated in Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). Although throughout there in the general world we pontificate that this is a matter that is close to our hearts, Sen. Sakaja will tell you in Kenya we have the National Disaster Operations Centre (NDOC) sitting in a different office, the National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU) sits in the Office of the President on a different floor. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) sits on a different floor. Everybody has got its own command and it is a typical Kenya thing that please do not close my tap. It does not help. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, through this framework and the work that we did with Sen. Sakaja, we were invited to visit Brazil. Unfortunately, Sen. Sakaja did not go with us to Brazil. The other one before I forget is that this Bill was proposed by Sen. Sakaja and I before the Solai Dam Tragedy. It actually came in the process. The initial Bill was done on 9th of March. It is important to note that because the Handshake was on 19th March, and the disaster happened in May. You cannot imagine the things that I witnessed. Let me explain to you how we got into a place called Brumadinho which happened after Solai Dam tragedy. It was a dam disaster where a company which was storing what would be the industrial waste in a dam which was concealed and then they plant grass. It was overwhelmed and it broke killing thousands of people and buried so many in the mud. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Committee went to the site on day 256. We found people looking for bones. I witnessed bones being excavated and put in a polythene bag. They knew that they were not going to find everybody, but they were"
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