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    "id": 1426025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1426025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree that the issue of climate change is challenging even in the developed countries. While we agree that there are challenges, we should be careful with how we make our comments in this House, so that we do not mislead the public. Managing disasters is a shared function. As a Senate, we should be telling the country what our counties are doing in terms of disaster management because it is not an exclusive function of the national Government. Let us not make comments for political expediency or social media attention, but bring solutions that will assist our people. While we agree that there are challenges in implementing the disaster management plan, the Government has done more. As you are aware, the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) of the Kenya Kwanza Government of His Excellency President, (Dr.) William Ruto and His Excellency the Deputy President, Hon. Rigathi Gachagua, is about issues of climate change. Counties must also take their rightful share. We have 2 per cent of the budget going to every county for disaster mitigation and management. I expect the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources and the Committee on Finance and Budget to present reaction and action measures by county government in terms of mitigating disaster across the region. As we sympathise and empathise with many Kenyans who have lost their loved ones, we also ask the Kenya Meteorological Department to be predictable, because we are now experiencing winds at the coastal region and unprecedented levels of floods. I want to assure the nation that through the Office of the Deputy President, which has been assigned the role of disaster mitigation and management--- Senators in this House, you cannot have your cake and eat it. They should go back to their counties. In conclusion---"
}