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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am very close here and you may not be able to see me. Thanks a lot and I appreciate. I want to contribute to this Motion and thank the Leader of Majority Party for the reply to the question that was raised by the hon. Member for Garsen. That was a good presentation. But the hon. Member for Garsen is not satisfied. It would have been prudent if they had met before and raised the issues that he is trying to raise on the Floor. Some of those issues could have been looked into and he could even have organized a visit to the place, so that he can be able to clarify the areas that he feels his people are not satisfied. The other issue, as my neighbour, the hon. Wanyonyi has presented, is about disasters occurring in this country. Today, we have a disaster in Tana Delta. Tomorrow we may have another disaster at Ahero. There is a disaster at Sabwani as we are speaking today. The disasters are occurring all over the country. We might hear of a building collapsing and all those other things. Those things are here with us. The disaster management teams that are formed at the district level only come up when there are disasters, but they are not prepared to manage those disasters adequately. We do not have a special fund to cater for them. In the budget preparation, I know that we set aside about Kshs5 billion for disaster management. But I think it would be good to have a permanent team at the national level to manage disasters everywhere. As we debate on the Floor today, we want to ask somebody to take responsibility. There is nobody who is taking that responsibility. We need to have a body that can manage disasters adequately; and that is managed by professionals who are able to address disasters. If we do not do that, then we are not moving in the right direction. Otherwise, thank you for your answer."
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