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"content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am sorry I forgot to respond to the question by the distinguished Sen. Veronica Maina, who was also a comrade in my previous life. We struggled together. We indeed have to look at the curriculum that we teach our recruits. The issue of disaster management and disaster response should be a very important component of the curriculum of every law enforcement and security official. That said, before this House, soon the Government will be presenting the National Disaster Risk Mitigation Bill, which addresses some of these things in terms of making sure that disaster response management search and rescue coordination is much more efficient. That Bill is very crucial. It will reduce the kinds of incidents we are having when we have serious disasters such as what we are having in the country. However, in terms of our officers, it is going to be an important part of the initial entry-level training curriculum, but also in terms of continuous on-the-job training for our officers. Additionally, on that point, we are modernizing and increasing the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is not just for protecting the territorial waters of Kenya, but also any inland activities where search and rescue in water-related situations are happening. The Coast Guard will be empowered to support those kinds of rescue. I will check on that particular matter raised by Sen. Veronica Maina. She is free to meet me outside the Chamber, so that we can give her feedback which she can tell the people of Murang’a on where we are. I submit."
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