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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "many others. Sen. Sakaja is right in sentiments. Can you imagine somebody constructed a building that was leaning like the tower of Babylon in a country where such kind of things are not supposed to happen? The idea of a disaster management framework is to make sure that you do not have buildings which are leaning like the one that was constructed in Kinoo. It is surprising that somebody can construct a building that is leaning yet the authorities have turned a blind eye. That is the purpose of this Bill. When we travelled to Brazil, we went to Brumadinho, before we went to Rio de Janeiro. However, there is something that happened in Brumadinho, that has never escaped my attention. When the disaster happened, the people who were rescuing the victims made themselves available so quickly that a chopper flew into the site of the Brumadinho, Brazil, so quickly. If you Google the Brumadinho Disaster in Brazil, you will see a chopper flying so low to rescue people who are stuck in mud. That is what Sen. Sakaja was talking about. That rescue helicopter was made available possibly within 15 minutes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if there is a fire in Ofafa Jericho, the fire brigade will come after one hour yet the fire station is just about four kilometres. There is a problem about a country that cannot prepare for disaster. There is a problem about a country that does not see that it is important to have these things in legal framework. This Bill attempts to do that. There is something that has come to our attention about the Solai Dam disaster. The Government of Kenya through the Kenya Defence Forces has trained experts on disaster management in Israel. We asked the then Cabinet Secretary of Defence a fundamental question, ‘Why is it not possible to avail to his people to train disaster management in counties through a framework since those military officers were trained using taxpayer’s money?’ So, how many of our military officers are trained to manage disaster? The CS says this is a secret. How can that be secret?"
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