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    "content": "last five years-- The Japanese Government actually gave a lot of equipment worth over Kshs500 million and it was very difficult to know who was going to be in charge of it. I want to assure the hon. Member that, that Disaster Management Authority was recommended to take charge of that equipment, service them and ensure that every county had the equipment for various disasters. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that with climate change, we going to have many more disasters like fires, drought, floods and so on. In addition, we also have artificial disasters. You remember we had the Sinai fire tragedy where we lost over 193 persons because of siphoning petrol. The same happened in Busia and Sachangwani. That Disaster Management Authority should start by training people on disasters. One of the biggest problems that the Government encounters is when it requests persons to move from disaster-prone areas so that they can evade them. We need to educate wananchi on how fast they can move and what precautions they should take. If that authority comes into place, I am sure we will develop a community that is resilient to disasters and one that can cope very well with disasters. I believe that disasters are not just floods and hunger. There are other disasters, for example, buildings that collapse. The equipment that we were given by the Government of Japan is able to dig out people who are---"
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