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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I want to talk about the perennial disasters we normally find ourselves in, especially here in Nairobi. A good example is the floods we are experiencing now. When you look at the Memorandum of Objects, the Bill establishes the Intergovernmental Council on Disaster Risk Management and the National Risk Management Authority. It is to ensure there is coordination of disaster risk management at national and county levels. One of the clauses in the Bill states, “The President may...” I am wondering why the use of the word ‘may’ yet we are talking about a disaster. The phrase should read, “The President shall...” We need the national Government to come in when we talk about disasters. When you look at how county governments are structured today, especially when a disaster like the recent flash rains of Sunday night... It was a disaster! Counties take more than ten hours to respond to such simple things. We will then have serious challenges in this country if you tell me that the national Government should not come in when disasters happen. We saw what happened in Mandera during floods. We saw buildings coming down. We should ask ourselves questions. As much as the Bill looks at shared functions between county and national governments, we must ensure that response to disasters is more of a national Government function. What counties can do is to provide manpower. Resources must come from the national Government. In the USA, when there is a national disaster, the federal governments come in to stand with the people. Kenyans do not know about county governments or the national Government when there is disaster. Why can we not state in the 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"
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