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    "id": 183998,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Minister for that generous donation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have two things to contribute on this. One is that the drafter may have mixed two issues. There is the issue of compensation to victims because of floods and compensation to victims because of having lost land. I would have no problem if the Government is asked to compensate for land that is lost. However, if we go to the issue of compensating individuals in this country for natural disasters, then we will get ourselves into situations we cannot manage. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is good to know that in a short while, although I am not anticipating debate, we will have an Implementation Committee that will require the Government to implement the decisions of this House. We must be practical enough to make sure that the things we arrive at, as a House, are issues that can be implemented. I do not see which Government will be able to compensate its people when they suffer natural disasters. We had the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in other countries. It would be good to know whether individuals in those countries were compensated. I think we should emphasize the issue of disaster management as opposed to getting to situations which are not real. In so doing, we would be helpful to this nation and help in situations that come our way naturally. Thanks."
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