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    "id": 369411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me also to put my voice into this very noble Motion. I speak as a Nairobi City dweller; but I speak more as a slum dweller. I come from Korogocho in the suburbs of Kisumu Ndogo, Mathare and Kariandudu. Although the Motion is talking about floods, which are also with us when Nairobi River overflows, we are all washed away and taken down to the dumpsite. But the biggest disaster that we have is fire. In the homes that we own, fire is an everyday experience. Every weekend and nearly every two weeks, I have had to deal with issues when fire guts away homes and leaves people without materials, goods and even lives. Just last week, I was at Kisumu Ndogo. The other day, I was at Mathare and the story is the same for the other areas. That is because of the squalid living conditions that are prevalent there. Most fires are caused by illegal electricity connections. That is something that we need to discuss with Kenya Power Company. That is because they have the monopoly in the distribution of electricity and we have to live. We have to have some light, heat our systems, cook and so on, there is need to interface with the provider, who enjoys the monopoly. So, the Disaster Management Authority is an excellent idea to consolidate the functions that will help us in disaster management. In Schedule Four, I see that disaster management is a shared function of both the national Government and the county governments. If we had a central authority, it would help to consolidate those functions between the national Government and the counties."
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