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    "id": 1106706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at the Bill, both from the point of view that for a proper disaster management to be put into effect, planning is required. It is required in the sense that there should be preparation, which requires the Government, the people and civic bodies to be always prepared to meet disasters. They must have knowledge about what to do when a disaster happens. There is need for preparedness if you read the Bill properly. This is one of the things that the Bill is trying to do, not only in terms of planning, but also being prepared. Then, there is the question of how we respond to disasters beginning with first responders and subsequently dealing substantively with the responses, which involves search and rescue. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is also making available all human needs that would normally include food, shelter and medical assistance. If you look again at the Bill, it adequately answers the question of how we plan responses. Of courses, planning responses without assets and resources is also quite difficult. You have to plan how you make recovery. This may involve several management circles. There is prevention, mitigation, preparedness, and as I have said, response, recovery and reconstruction. I am saying this because I had tried to analyse the Bill on the basis of these broad principles and whether the Bill contains the necessary structures that can answer to planning needs and actual management needs in undertaking recovery, rescue or reconstruction. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I commend this Bill to the House and, again, commend Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja for bringing this Bill. It is happening at a time when these natural disasters off the Coast of Africa, the Canary Islands, there is a huge disaster. Even a First World country like Spain finds it difficult to deal with that kind of disaster. We must always be having adequate plans, resources and assets to manage not only the risks, but also save lives and property. I support."
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