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    "id": 369338,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369338/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Thank you very much hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I want to begin by congratulating the hon. T.G. Ali for bringing this timely Motion, and which deserves the support of this august House. I think this is a country that is ill prepared for disasters. We are a country that is under vicious disasters, starting with floods when it rains, and when it does not rain we get into famine and are forever crying out. When you watch television, you keep seeing the same Kenyans saying: “ Serikali tafadhali tusaidie ; Serikali tafadhali tusaidie.” I think it is about time we came up with a sustainable way of not just managing disasters, but also preventing them. We know that we are facing a real threat that is not just national but international; it is world over; this is the threat of climate change. With climate change, therefore, we should not be expecting that we will be having signs of extreme weather. When it rains, it will be many times too much, and we will have floods. When it does not rain, we will face extreme dry conditions that have adverse effects on the living conditions of our people. That calls for the establishment of a Disaster Management Authority. That will"
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