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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to give my views on the Bill. I have identified what I consider positives in the Bill and those that, in all honesty, I have problems with. I will not take the path that has been taken by the Senator for Migori to wholesale condemn the Bill because in my view, there are some good provisions. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me start with the things that I consider positive. If you look at Clause 4 of the proposed Bill; what they set out and call guiding principles of disaster risk management. There is something they call an all-hazards approach to disaster management. We have had disasters here in Nairobi. If people hear that there is fire in a market or as the one that happened recently in Mukuru kwa Njenga, everybody’s mind is tuned to treating burn victims. They forget that these people's houses have been affected and their personal properties destroyed. They have no places to sleep with children going to school whose books and clothes have been destroyed. I am hoping that if this will be the 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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