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    "id": 195244,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/195244/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Rege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kwanya Rege",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the Minister is new in the Ministry. But I would like to suggest that disaster management should be looked into very deeply and carefully in order to cover remote areas. In almost every corner of Kenya, we have telephones, both fixed and mobile. But the question is: Do they work during emergencies? We have emergency numbers to call but they do not work. I will give you an example. If you have a Safaricom line, it means that probably only Safaricom works in that area, especially in remote areas. If you have a Celtel line, if you try to call an emergency number when you are being ambushed by thugs--- I will give you an example of Karachuonyo. At Pala Market, a trader was being robbed and when he tried to call an emergency number, the police in Nakuru received his phone call, hundreds of kilometres away. The Nakuru police had to call Kendu Bay Police Station to come to the trader's rescue. It took more than a day for the police to show up. That area should be looked into very carefully. When we look at the real emergency like an earthquake, is Kenya ready for it? Should all telecommunications facilities get bombed or demolished, how will Kenya communicate? I suggest to the Ministry to make use of the satellite phones that do not require local exchanges. These should be put in place."
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