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    "id": 286343,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286343/?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 hon. Member for Kamukunji is concerned about the co-ordination and lack of rapid response to disasters. He is also talking about training and equipping of civilians to be involved in disaster management or control. I want to assure the hon. Member that a lot of effort has gone into trying to prepare and train the population, particularly in urban areas, about the risks that are involved and also how to respond to disasters. However, I agree with him that more could be done. We cannot compare ourselves with a country like Cuba, but I know that there is a beginning and there is commitment right now. It is an issue that we have discussed very extensively when we were putting in place what we now have today, which did not exist four years ago. If, for example, I am asked about a number that can be rang if there is a distress, so that help can come, I want to inform him that there is a number which is toll free; it is number 109. I want to repeat, it is 109. When you are in trouble and distress, call that number. It is toll free and assistance will come your way. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the early warning system is now in place, and it was used, for example, in Budalang’i, recently. Because of that, there was intervention that averted what would have been a much serious disaster. Mr. Mungatana was inquiring about how much money has been put in the Contingency Fund. The Contingency Fund is an omnibus because it is a fund that is made use of for so many other different reasons. It is a fund that is invaded when there is an emergency. Sometimes there is an emergency which is not necessarily a disaster. He says that we need to have Kshs10 billion. I know that, for example, under the Ministry of State for Special Programmes, we have Kshs100 million, but there is also Kshs10 billion that is given to them generally---"
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