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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "He promised and swore that the affected people will be taken care of and will be given new homes. The Government will check to see whether where they were living is safe or risky. If it is risky, the President promised to give land and build them homes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if your county has not gotten such a tragedy, just pray to not get it. It is very traumatizing to the people. They were left with nothing. For the ones who were swept by the water, the water removed clothes and they were left with nothing. Their documents are all gone. His Excellency the President promised to give them back their titles and Identification Cards (IDs). He knew that there would be no school fees for those children and he told them that he will give them school fees for the children to go back to school. He promised to settle them and ensure they start new lives so that, even if they were grieving, they would not be traumatized because they have no homes. I thank the President, the Deputy President and the Government of Kenya Kwanza. My work is to ensure that all is done as the Senator for Nakuru County. I promised the victims that I will walk the journey with them. I am sure that if it was only the county governments left to serve or work on these disasters, some would be clueless as they do not understand what needs to be done to the affected people. We have seen a lot of Public Relations (PR). You can look around and see the PR. This is a serious matter to me and we are relying on the national Government. There was money put aside in Nakuru County - Kshs605 million. This is because Kshs300 million budget was set in the financial year 2022/2023 and we were added about Kshs305 million. This means that we already have Kshs605 million and the money is enough to ensure that these people are given new lives. However, we will continue working to ensure that they will get what they were promised by the President and walk with them the journey. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the big question we need to ask as Senators is who were the people who were given the work of risk assessment by the Meteorological Department? Do they have the capacity to ensure that people are informed on relocation and give risks and assessments on time the minute they are given? If you look at the Mai Mahiu tragedy, if you walked around and talked to the people, this is something that could have been prevented. It was given by the public and the Meteorological Department. We, therefore, need to check the root of where everything is coming from. I have learnt and as Senators, I am sure you are learning how these dams are managed. There is a department that is supposed to check those dams when they are over The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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