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    "id": 1451274,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Bill. Disaster management in all developed countries takes center stage, especially in urban development. It becomes an integral part of physical planning because increased population density per square kilometer comes with increased risks. Therefore, it is high time we, as a country and the county governments, start looking at the importance of having disaster management. This Bill goes a long way in establishing a framework that can be used to set up this important infrastructure. However, it is important to note that the diversity of our 47 counties, both in terms of population and in terms of physical planning will mean that, it will not be possible to adopt a one-size-fits-all kind of solution. Therefore, it is important for each county to come up with a policy framework and infrastructure that will address the issues. Counties that are more rural-based will have a less densely-populated population per square kilometer as opposed to capital or city-based counties. This will mean that even the approach we take in procuring the equipment that will be used must be adapted to suit the specifications of that particular county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I say this, allow me to pass my message of condolences to a business person who passed on in Kiawara through a fire tragedy just a couple of days ago. Had we had firefighting equipment, that disaster could have been averted. The problem is that we have heavily borrowed from Western countries. We buy huge expensive firefighting machines, which at times are not suitable to negotiate the narrow roads we have in rural areas. Hence, many times, we have had fire breaking out but the firefighters are not able to access the sites because the machines they are using have not been tailor-made to drive around the terrain that we have in our country. As we pass this Bill, it is paramount and imperative that we look at the needs of every county. Some counties have smaller towns and lie far away from each other. Thus, it would be prudent instead of buying big, very expensive machines, we acquire smaller machines that can be allocated to these areas so that we shorten the travel times. During the Gen Z demonstrations, some businesses were burnt down in Nanyuki, one of them belonged to the Member of Parliament of Kieni Constituency. They did not 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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