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"speaker_name": "Ms. Mathenge",
"speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to give with regard to floods. It was requested by hon. Ochieng. Several parts of the country have been receiving heavy rains that have resulted in floods. The floods have caused displacements, destroyed property, damaged infrastructure and even killed 17 people. The Government, with support of other stakeholders, has spearheaded response efforts by providing relief supplies and evacuating the victims. Reports reaching the Ministry indicate that the rains have subsided in the past few days in the flood-affected areas, especially around River Nzoia, whose water level has dropped by 3.85 metres. Although the situation continues to improve, the negative effects will continue to be felt for at least three months. The infrastructure, food, water, sanitation and health sectors are the worst affected. The 17 districts that have been affected have 165,655 people affected. The damage is estimated at around Kshs10 billion, but this is not conclusive because we are still assessing the damage to the roads, houses, schools, and medical facilities. With regard to mitigation, in all these areas, we have provided food and non-food items and because I do not want to read the whole list, I would like to table the information about what we have done so that hon. Members can see what we have done."
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