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    "id": 369933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is not an issue that just affects the area that she represents, but affects the country. The issue of disaster preparedness and management has been escalated by climate changes. We know that climate change is going nowhere. This is an issue that the Government needs to recognize. It is because of climate change that disasters are happening on a more regular basis. Fortunately, these disasters can be managed if the Government puts in money to prepare for them. The saddest thing about disasters is that once they happen those who suffer most are women and children. They are the most vulnerable. Take an example of Budalangi an area which experiences flooding perennially. Families get separated. When people are relocated to go and sleep in tents provided by the Government, they cannot sleep there together because of cultural issues. So, you find that men are taken in the town centres and women and children put separately in camps. Whenever there is disaster, the Government takes a lot of relief food and other items to the ground. Unfortunately, in some areas men take the opportunity to use those goods to get other wives rather than deal with the disaster. It has become a concern now."
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