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    "id": 286338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to say that apart from the bureaucracies that the Prime Minister has said which are there to help us deal with the disaster risk and management, I think one of the areas that we fail in is in co-ordination and in response. In fact, hon. Shebesh mentioned that we are not doing very well in the area of response to crisis. Even at the moment when you see the floods, the landslides and the fires often the failure to respond to them is what causes casualties. Could the Prime Minister tell us what is in place to deal with man-made and natural disasters? What programme is in place to train, equip, mobilize and deploy civilian units? One of the countries that has been very successful in having a very effective civilian response method is Cuba. Those countries face a lot of cyclones but Cuba is one of the countries that does not suffer from heavy casualties because it has been able to mobilize, equip and train its civilian population. Finally, having had fires and floods in my constituency, none of the telephone numbers that are usually given for response from the police or fire brigade are working. Is there a way in which we could have a national emergency number, for example, 999 or 911? The disaster response centre can have a number where people can call and pass that information about people who are facing emergencies or crisis of that kind. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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