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    "id": 1423075,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, I rise to support. I take this opportunity to commend Hon. Millie, not just for the many amendments, but for amendments that make a lot of sense and have enriched this Bill. It is also true that we have not had a good policy on disaster risk management in this country. I have just been informed that there are six young men in my office, who I believe are great heroes in our country because they risked their lives to rescue a young girl somewhere in Korogocho, Nairobi. Many Kenyans watched those young men risking their lives. They are waiting for me in my office and I invite Hon. Members to just shake their hands. This speaks volumes about the state of our disaster risk management in this country. Allow me to commend Hon. Millie for enriching this debate. I was just telling the Hon. Member for Budalang’i that in as much as he has said in jest about inviting floods into other areas that have not been prone to floods, but now many Kenyans appreciate how ravaging floods can be to people’s livelihoods, not just in Budalang’i, but in many other areas including this city. As the Member for Budalang’i was said, people may have imagined that it can only flood in areas around Korogocho, Mathare, Kibra and Kawangware along the Nairobi River frontage. This time, however, we saw floods relocating people in Runda and Gigiri and in posh estates like Lavington, areas where ordinarily people may never have appreciated the suffering of the people of Budalang’i. Today, Kenyans will appreciate. I must commend all these Members who have endured this evening to ensure that this country has a Disaster Risk Management Bill and an Act that will help us to better coordinate disaster management. In conclusion, as I was moving this Bill, I indicated that what motivated me to come up with it was the suffering that I saw with young Kenyans and their parents after the Garissa University attack. We did not even have systems to identify bodies if fingerprints were disfigured because of the heat that was in Garissa at that time. I pray that, as we send this Bill to the Senate, it will eventually become an Act of Parliament that will help us, as a country, to better manage our disasters. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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