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    "id": 286328,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In countries where the government takes the issue of disasters seriously, they have either set up a Ministry for disaster preparedness or management or they place the issue of disaster management under the President’s Office or the Vice-President’s Office or the Prime Minister’s Office. Could the Prime Minister tell us, since this issue is so crosscutting and there seems to be such overlapping of duties when disasters happen--- For example, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes is the one that keeps the food – the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife is in charge of the deforestation issue which is another disaster. The Ministry of Agriculture is, of course, in charge of food security. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation deals with flooding, while the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security does food distribution. The Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands is a Ministry that up to today I do not understand why it was formed because I thought that this is what it should be doing is not doing it. The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development is doing cash transfers. The Ministry of Local Government is the one that is supposed to provide the services for trucks and et cetera when there is a disaster in urban areas. When will he be serious about disaster management so that he addresses it holistically as other countries have done? Uganda, our neighbour, here is an example. Ethiopia is another example."
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