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    "speaker_name": "Isiolo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bidu Mohamed Tubi",
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    "content": "That is what is happening in Kenya generally. It is not only one area, but everywhere. It is high time the Government took some of these matters seriously. I agree with my colleague from Garissa Central, who said that the Government side, and even the leadership of this country, are not very serious. Looking at what is happening in the House itself, we are not seeing the leaders, both of the Minority and Majority side, during the debate on this matter. This Motion was filed this morning and it was slated for debate from 5.30 p.m. If they were serious with us, they would be here, at least, to contribute and hear the cries from those of us who are here. My constituency borders Wajir South and Isiolo starting from the north. It is more or less submerged. There are areas where we have been using donkey carts to move people to safer grounds up to this morning. The older people are being removed from where they are stranded to safer areas using carts. There is no food for them in those safer grounds. There is no accessibility because all the roads leading to that end have been washed off. Even the main road that is under construction, the highway towards Mandera-Somalia, the one going to Modogashe is impassable. Right now, vehicles are stuck in the mud. We have requested the Chinese undertaking the construction of the road to help remove those vehicles. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the problem is that we seem to be not coordinative enough. The Red Cross Society was trying to do a lot in my area. They had meetings here and there, trying to bring people together to see what can be done. They are the only voice of reason we have in those areas. Otherwise, look at this situation. Isiolo has Isiolo North and Isiolo South; Isiolo North towards Merti/Wajir border. To the South of Isiolo, we have Wajir and Garissa borders. Those are all areas which are being submerged and there is no help from the Government. There is no accessibility except by air and yet we have not seen any choppers. I would request our Government to be sensitive to what is happening in the country and declare the floods a national disaster so that we can rush here and there to get donors from outside and everywhere else. In areas like my county, although everywhere has floods, there are areas which are badly affected. Isiolo Town, for example, is a little bit better because the roads are good. You can go to Meru, Nanyuki and all those areas. Deep inside there is nowhere we can go. So, dropping food in Isiolo Town alone does not solve the problem of the ones who are suffering in the interior. I support my colleague who brought this Motion. Floods should be declared a national disaster by the President himself. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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