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    "id": 1415217,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "probably better equipped to address matters of risk compared to the Government. We now have another bureaucracy called the National Disaster Risk Management Authority that comes with authority, fanya fujo uone . Ninety nine per cent of this is about the Cabinet and nobody else. It is as if only the Cabinet can think and manage disasters. From history, we know that a number of disasters are caused by landslides. We cannot have a body like this one without incorporating the physical planners who are experts in this matter in order to deal with visual-spatial planning to avoid settlements in landslide prone areas. We cannot afford to ignore spatial planners in terms of riparian reserves. Some lakes or rivers overflow because we have invaded riparian reserves and have taken away the safeguard that used to exist. We seem to believe only in the Kenya Red Cross Society as pertains to emergencies. What if other non-state actors emerge? What will be their place? Will they become subservient and ride on the back of the Kenya Red Cross Society. St John Ambulance Services and the Scouts Movement have been at the forefront in attending to disasters. Excluding them from any representation in this Authority, or anywhere, is a matter that surely requires to be addressed. We cannot fail to attend to professional bodies like the Institute of Engineers. When a building collapses, who is responsible? It is the engineers who have designed the building badly and have not supervised its construction properly. These are some of the issues that should be addressed. I like some of the classifications under Part III. They talk about risk management experts and private sector volunteer experts. Are they going to be registered? Are they going to be licensed? Are they going to be trained? How do we find out? Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is a terrible disaster waiting to happen. I would like you to add me one minute so that I can conclude. I was disrupted when they were withdrawing the threatening Motion."
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