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    "id": 286311,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286311/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the strategy aims to deal with its knowledge management with respect to disasters, strengthening institutional capabilities to undertake early warning, prevent and respond to disasters, establish mechanisms for litigation, recovery and reconstruction post disasters, facilitate the national co-operation and provide institutional frameworks for close sectoral development of policies and laws for dealing with disasters. The Government has established various sector specific risk disaster mechanisms. For example, there is the Kenya Food Security Steering Group to deal with food security. There is the National Operation Centre which co-ordinates inter- agency efforts in dealing with disasters. We also have the Crisis Response Centre which is at the frontline of engaging the public directly on disasters. There are district disaster committees at all levels. The Government has established an extra Drought Management Authority to mainstream climate change mitigation measures so as to limit the impact of drought and co-ordinate various Government efforts at drought management. A livestock marketing board has also been established. The National Construction Authority Act has been enacted to deal with the quality of construction works. A National Drought and Disaster Contingency Fund has been established and a work connected Disaster Management Bill is in progress. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the international level, Kenya participated at the world Conference on disaster reduction held in Japan in 2005 which adapted a framework for action against disasters with a theme: Building the Resilience of the Nations andCommunities to Disasters. Kenya has been actively implementing the resolutions of the conference. Kenya works very closely with various international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Crescent, IGAD, Climate Prediction and Application Centre and UN agencies on disaster mitigation. In August last year, the Government invited the UN, the European Union and the World Bank to assist with drought post disaster needs analysis, to provide a qualitative estimation of the impact of the previous drought and advise on the recovery, long term resilience and mitigation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I table a copy of the Kenya Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Report."
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