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    "id": 1155048,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1155048/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No.28 of 2021) be read a Second Time. As we all know, disaster management in Kenya has always been a challenge and remains quite a challenge. Every so often, we are faced with various disasters. Some are unpredictable, some unusual, some very unsettling, and some that we could have predicted, acted on or prevented, but we did not. The key question that lingers or should keep lingering in our minds as we debate this Bill is how we have handled disasters in the past. What lessons have we learned from those experiences? What can we do with those lessons so that we improve our responses in the future? That basically is the driving force behind this Bill. It is to draw on the experiences, lessons learned and prepare more adequately for the future. This Bill aims to achieve a couple of objectives. The first one is to anchor within a legal framework policies and structures for disaster risk management. The second key objective is to establish and equip certain institutions that will be responsible for handling and responding to disasters to ensure that we have some effective and coordinated disaster preparedness, prevention, response, mitigation and most importantly, how we recover from those disasters. The third key objective of this Bill is to enhance resilience to the impacts of disaster risks and climate change both at the national as well as at county levels. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, against the merits of the foregoing objectives then, the major guiding principle for risk management under this Bill becomes the development and adoption of a comprehensive approach to disaster risk management, and the balancing between reduction of risk and enhancement of community resilience while ensuring effective response and recovery capabilities. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}