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    "id": 208068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyes",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise. Let me summarise this report. The delay was occasioned by many factors such as weather, whereby heavy rains poured on Saturday and Sunday night. The rain is still continuing. The ground became wet, moving downwards and sliding exposing the rescue teams to even more risks. The following resources were sent to the ground; earth- moving shovels, two earth movers from the Mumias Sugar Factory and one from the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. These two were undesirable implements as they kept on sinking into the mud due to weight. Local resources were: Jembes and shovels, which were mobilised from around that area. The National Youth Service from Turbo also came with some. The current situation is that there is enough manpower resources on the ground for the task. No additional personnel is required and the Disaster Management experts from the Office of the President are on the ground and we have ten police officers, seven Red Cross personnel, 70 National Youth Service personnel, 100 volunteers. We have several heavy duty equipment. We 3250 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 16, 2007 have earth movers, over 100 jembes, sniffer dogs and standby teams, which include the military personnel and the police service personnel. Government relief supplies for the displaced persons have already arrived in those areas. Already, 24 families consisting 139 people are displaced and have been moved out of the risk zone. Emergency food supplies arrived by means of military aircraft on 13th August, 2007, which carried 50 bags of rice and 100 cartons of oil. Food supplied by road from Nairobi consisting of 120 bags of 50 kilogrammes rice and 150 cartons of 18 kilogrammes cooking oil was also sent. Relief food supplies from Malaba GoK depots to the affected areas consisting of 500 bags of maize, 200 bags of beans was also sent there. All the above supplies are worth Kshs2.6 million. Other supplies include tents, cooking utensils, water purifying machines and medical camps to avert any emerging diseases. In conclusion, the Government has undertaken the necessary action on emergency response and has advised the community living around areas that are hilly and wet at this moment to take precautionary measures by moving to safer grounds. The Government is considering the issue of resettlement of the displaced persons and will issue necessary guidelines after consultations with other relevant Ministries. The recovery efforts are still going on to ensure that no more people could have been left under the mud. Therefore, mobile operations will continue until the area is declared clear of victims. The Government, through my Ministry, in collaboration with the Adminstration and National Security, is responding to incidents of disaster in the areas of Kitale and West Pokot. Security rescue and recovery operations are going on effectively. The National Disaster Operation Centre is being strengthened to continue to monitor the disaster on 24 hour basis, mobilise national resources and co-ordinate the rescue efforts as necessary."
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