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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khamasi",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Lyula Khamasi",
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    "content": "This ought to be a thing of the past! It should not be heard of at all. In any case, when they are given pesa ya mafuta, they only go around hunting for chang'aa and busaa brewers, and yet there are very serious crimes going on in the countryside. We need to retrain our police officers so that they can understand what they are there for. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, disaster preparedness in this country is a very serious matter. We have had disasters in this country, time and again. When they occur, we engage ourselves seriously and vow that never again shall we be caught with our pants down and that we shall always be ready. However, every time disaster strikes, it gets us off guard. Recently, there was an inferno at Libra House situated along Mombasa Road. We showed that we are not yet ready to deal with disasters. This is a very important matter that is being dealt with by the Office of the President. We must have the unit responsible for disaster preparedness actually ticking. We shall not be surprised when another disaster strikes and we find ourselves in the same position that we are in. When there was a bomb blast at the United States Embassy here in Nairobi, many people died and many others were injured. We had to call for aid from abroad. When a building collapsed downtown, we had to call for support from abroad. We stood there watching helplessly, and yet we have experienced disasters before and we know what they are. It is important that we just do not 1956 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 11, 2006 give lip service to this matter. We must give it serious consideration; in fact, proper allocation in terms of money, so that whenever a disaster strikes, we are able to respond effectively. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the new districts that were proposed, it is true that some people genuinely required new districts. It should not be a condemnation on the part of the Government to ask us who asked it to give us districts. Some of us asked for new districts and we really need them. Therefore, all we are asking for now is sobriety and fairness in the way the new districts are going to be carved out from the existing ones. The voice of the people must be heard. We must listen to what the people say with regard to how they want the new districts to be formed. It should not be an imposition from the Office of the President. We, therefore, want to ask the Minister not to be driven by the influence of a few individuals in some districts. If he does that; I better warn him, he will be treading on very dangerous grounds. Mr. Minister, go by the will of the people. That is why the Government is there. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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