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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Professionalizing the industry also requires that we acknowledge the associations. I believe Sen. Tabitha Mutinda has pointed that out. In the spirit of ensuring that this Bill is welcomed and has the goodwill of those already in the industry, I urge Sen. Abass to call some sort of public participation or engagement with the associations that already exist within the fire and rescue services. With my background in critical facilities management, I would like to add my voice on resiliency planning. I will see on what level, either through an amendment or something in the Bill. This country, both on a national and county platform, does not have any framework or institutions that are mandated to just sit down and plan on resiliency planning. This is the reason up till today, even in the Parliament buildings, we do not have a resiliency plan after the Gen Zs came to visit us here. That is the reason we go back to talking about insurance. Insurance is there to take stock of what they are going to recover or not, or what they are going to repair but where is the resiliency plan after a fire. Resiliency plan just to break it down to basic English is the capability of bouncing back to business as usual. Even within our buildings here, after we were paid a visit by Gen Zs, we still do not have a plan in terms of what is the protocol. For instance, I would like to bring in a group of 25 people, but the security has been heightened and we do not know what to do. We are just operating as if we are hoping for the next thing. There is no plan on how and who will replace some of the assets that have been damaged. We are sort of just in limbo. Most of the time, when there is a fire emergency, we will be quick to deal with the emergency. However, immediately after the emergency, we then realize there is no resiliency plan. How do we go back to business? What happens between the time of the fire, the rescue and now when we want to continue with our business? What is the transition plan? Who is involved? That is also an opportunity to employ so many of our youth because resiliency planning in itself is a whole industry. Every time I hear legislators and people in leadership talking about, how we need to create jobs and take the youth to kazi mtaani . We have so many opportunities where if we are intentional, we can create jobs. We can start with a Bill like this one where we have the fire and rescue services as professionals. Also, within this Bill, if we look at resiliency planning as an industry, then we will have so many professionals, including change management professionals after we have a crisis, whether it is a fire crisis or whichever other. In the interest of time and so that the other Members in the House can contribute to this Bill, I am excited about being in the House and participating in this particular piece of legislation. This is obviously because of my background in critical facilities management. Also, because finally, we are thinking outside the box in terms of how we will create jobs for the youth of this country and in terms of how we will standardize and professionalize certain industries, which we have taken for granted for a very long time. With those few remarks, I support this Bill. Going forward, I ask Sen. Abass to find time and sit with professionals as well in the facilities management industry. This is because there is a whole association on facilities management and also, as we have said, the association of the fire and rescue services. 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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