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    "id": 1419444,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1419444/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda SC",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we acknowledge that disaster management is a dual function, both of the national and county governments. It is time we had a framework where the national Government and county governments deal with disasters in a manner that does not lead to some of the hitches we have seen in certain places. I hope that going forward we must plan for disasters and stop these floods, once and for all. That can only be achieved by ensuring that we build enough dams in some of the counties. The floods in Kisumu can easily be controlled by completing some of the dam projects like the Soin-Koru Dam, so that we do not have back flows because the volumes in the lake are swollen. The Senator for Siaya, Dr. Oburu, is nodding in support of the suggestion that we need to complete the Soin-Koru Dam. The support is that we should complete these dams, but we should ensure that all riparian land is cleared of habitations or habitats that inhibit the free flow of Nairobi River. This will limit some of these deaths that we are seeing. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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