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    "id": 1414188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1414188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " It is true that whenever a disaster occurs or threatens to occur – I do not know how it will threaten to occur – the Authority shall determine whether the event is a disaster under this Act, and if so, immediately assess the magnitude and severity, or potential magnitude and severity of the disaster, then classify the disaster as a county disaster or national disaster. In hindsight, these are some of the issues that we will look at possibly amending together with the Committee so that it is clear that the Authority will determine under whose jurisdiction the disaster falls. When a disaster occurs or threatens to occur, for instance, when it is raining and trees are falling off the hilly parts of Murang’a or Elgeyo Marakwet or West Pokot, and there is a threat of a landslide; we cannot wait for the Authority to determine whether that disaster will be localized, or whether the national Government should intervene because it is quite clear that a disaster is likely to occur, or one has already occurred. They should move with speed and determine the magnitude of the disaster. We will clean up this Clause to make it clear so that we are not bogged down by bureaucracies that we create in law, as I said earlier."
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