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    "id": 1410427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. At the outset, I join my colleagues in sending condolences to the families which have lost their loved ones through the disaster that we have witnessed in this country. It is a big concern. I cannot say that the situation we are in was unforeseen. We knew the rains were coming. As a country, how are we prepared to manage disasters? The level of preparedness is wanting. I have been in Nairobi City County long enough. Prior to the start of the rains, I used to witness serious works along our roads; clearing and cleaning of the trenches and water drainage systems. By the time the rains start, the water has its way and flows away. We have never witnessed the kind of floods that we have today. Whereas some incidences are unavoidable, there are certain deaths that could have been avoided or prevented. Today, even the kind of works done on the roads are very shoddy. The waste is removed from the water drainage system and trenches, and dumped right on top of the surface next to the drainage. So, when the rain comes what happens? The waste is pushed back into the trenches and the systems are blocked. The national Government and county government agencies concerned need to get serious. The lives lost in riparian areas should not have been lost. In the first place, why do they allow citizens to build houses in those areas, and yet we have laws that guide that?"
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