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    "id": 369978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/369978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 444,
        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "A Disaster Management Authority in the manner that the amendment is proposing will be very useful to this country. It should not just be limited to issues of floods. Occasionally, we have had several disasters in this country, things that arise from terrorist attacks, bomb blasts and dangerous fires, as my colleague has mentioned. These sorts of things need to be managed by a Disaster Management Authority that has the data base in terms of who has been a victim and what possible remedies ought to be put in place. A Disaster Management Authority will be able to help in the compensation of the various victims. We should not just let Kenyans suffer each time there are floods and other disasters. When these disasters occur, the Government forms rapid response teams. There ought to be a mechanism and a method in which all these things ought to be done. My congratulations go to hon. T.G. Ali for thinking through this. I am happy that hon. Nooru has thought that we need not just limit it to Isiolo County, but we need to think about the country as a whole. The issue of preparedness would only be anticipatory. If you want to have an authority that is only for preparedness, it shows that we are anticipating disasters, but we will not be able to deal with it and manage it. That is why the manner in which the amendment is proposed is useful. I support the amendment."
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