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    "id": 1397091,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1397091/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigor, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, the following Articles of the Constitution explicitly recognise the importance of disaster risk management, mandating the Government to ensure the sustainable management and contravention of the environment including disaster risk reduction namely: 1. Article 58(1)(a) on state of emergency provides that a natural disaster may lead to the declaration of a state of emergency. 2. Article 69(1)(a) on the obligations of the State in respect of environment provides that, the State shall eliminate processes and activities that are likely to endanger the environment including disaster. 3. Article 241(3)(b) provides that: “(3) The Defence Forces— (a) shall assist and cooperate with other authorities in situations of emergency or disaster, and report to the National Assembly whenever deployed in such circumstances.” Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution provides that disaster management is a shared function between the national and county governments. I now seek to highlight the contents of the Bill. The Bill has 57 Clauses and Part 1 which is preliminary has Clauses 1 to 4. This Bill provides for the preliminary provisions and outlines the application of the Bill with the principal object seeking to provide a legal framework for the coordination of disaster risk management activities."
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