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    "id": 1106716,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "There is no point of spending money to do other Government projects instead of putting that money aside to fund disaster management. Today we are told that about Kshs15 billion of the Petroleum Development Levy Fund (PDLF) has been used to fund other government projects instead of cushioning Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what we need and I am happy about this Bill is that we should have one command centre from the national Government all the way down to the county governments. Since we are talking about devolution and we are fighting to send more money to devolved structures, every county should now have a fire brigade centre all directed from the national level. If you have one command centre, you are able to respond quickly. However, the way we have it now where it is scattered all across, it becomes very difficult to manage. This is a Bill which we should not even think twice before we pass it. We should pass it and immediately not even waste a lot of time in terms of public participation. This is what Kenyans really want. For Third Reading, we pass it and hopefully the Members of the National Assembly will also see the importance of it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, last week, three schools were set ablaze. In fact, if we had this Bill in place and had one command centre, we would respond. There is a lady who works with National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and her name is Judy. Judy at 3.00 a.m. was called and told that there are children in trouble in Jericho and they needed support to be taken to hospital. If we have this Bill and these structures in place, we will resolve. If we have one command centre, we can ensure that we do not have these challenges. Lastly because of time and I thank Sen. Sakaja for the four minutes. If you thing about the Division of Revenue Bill and the money that we allocated to Managed Equipment Services (MES) and where we fought back and forth, it is a lot. This was money which was set aside to resolve problems that we have in hospitals although that money was not spent the way it was supposed to be spent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we can be bright and caring enough to be setting money aside from the Division of Revenue Bill to support this disaster management fund through this Bill. It can also help us. I think Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) need to keep an eye and watch our deliberation in the Senate. I am very grateful for what happened today. That earlier on when we raised the Statement about the influx of the foreigners into this country, the Government acted promptly. We want to see that issue of action moving very fast. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and thank you, Sen. Sakaja."
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