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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second the Leader of the Majority having ably moved this Bill and I do so as moved. I am doing this not as an opportunity to express my personal thinking of whether this legislation is good or bad but because we have a constitutional mandate to ensure that a Bill which has come from the National Assembly must be dealt with. I therefore second and I want to put all my hopes not only in the debate in this House, but on the proceedings that will take place in the Committee when deliberating on this because creating yet another authority will come with expense. I have gone through it. It involves creating boards. All boards come with expenses. They have put together a proposal for their chairpersons, director generals, and board members, who will all be deserving of payment. This is a responsibility that, in my view, can be taken by the Ministry, the departments, and the agencies responsible for disaster management. I say this with due respect because I know that today you might be sitting pretty, next week, next month, even up to the whole year, and nothing happens. However, when it strikes, it can be extremely devastating. I, therefore, feel, think, and believe that we should streamline the running of the agencies and departments responsible for disaster management because it is not something that will happen on a day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-week basis. So, disaster management preparedness can be in the Ministry but not in Authority. Now, all these people will be reporting on duty from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Monday through Friday, week to week, month to month, doing what? We can put our resources to better use. However, because we have a committee that will sit on this matter, maybe for the first time, it should be the decision of this Senate that we completely disagree with the need to establish an authority for this purpose, disagree with the National Assembly, and 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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