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    "id": 369325,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369325/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Akujah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Protus Ewesit Akujah",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion as floods and destruction have become seasonal issues. Every time there are rains, there is destruction. The proposed Disaster Management Authority should have been formed 50 years ago. Since Independence, disasters have been happening year in, year out. I do not know why this authority was not formed many years ago. Disasters in this country have always been left to foreign relief organizations, which do not have sustainable strategies. It is high time the Government of Kenya took this issue seriously by establishing a Disaster Management Authority to be looking into issues related to disasters. As the previous speaker has said, disasters do not only include floods, drought and famine. They are more than this. If this House approves the establishment of this Disaster Management Authority, it will have to look beyond floods and drought. It has been a routine that every time there are floods, Kenyans are left destitute and without shelter. In fact, in some areas, people lose crops and livestock, which are their only source of livelihood. This has a negative impact on the economy of these areas. When a bridge is destroyed and roads are cut off because of floods, then the affected areas have their economy affected negatively."
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