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    "id": 208062,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyes",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 187,
        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a special report on the mudslide incident that occurred in Western Province. August 16, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3249 The Khuvasali Village mudslide incident occurred on Saturday morning at 4.03 a.m., engulfing a family of three members who were asleep at that time. The local emergency response, commanded by the chief and villagers of Khuvasali, started search operations at 08.30hrs. Over 100 people converged in the area at that time. Due to the weight of the early responders, the ground caved in, engulfing about 100 people, of which 56 were retrieved and rushed to various hospitals, including Malava, where they were treated and discharged. At this juncture, the local people realised the magnitude of the incident and reported it to the Provincial Administration where the OCPD took command of the situation by first cordoning off the area and preventing more deaths from occurring. About 39 people were not injured but seven people went missing and have been recovered dead on the scene. This is the number of people affected. There are no people believed to be dead and covered by mud. The number of people recovered dead at 15.00 hrs were seven. The people injured, hospitalised and discharged were 56. The people who were not injured were 39, bringing the total number to 102. Out of these statistics, the death toll is seven and not 20 as claimed. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes together with the Provincial Administration received the information on Saturday at 10.00 a.m, through the PPO Western Province and the DC Kakamega, who mobilised the search and rescue teams from the Kenya Red Cross, Kisumu and the National Youth Service from Turbo, to move to the scene to carry out search and recovery efforts. The Kenya Red Cross personnel arrived at 1.30 p.m. and commenced rescue and recovery work at 3.00 p.m. while the National Youth Service personnel arrived at 6.00 p.m. and commenced work on Sunday, 12th August, 2007. The delay was occasioned by two main factors."
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