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    "id": 369983,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this amendment because I feel the Motion is now more inclusive and wider, rather than just talking of narrow preparedness. We are now talking about disaster management in all its totality and description. I think it reads much better than the original Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to add that as part of disaster management, we need to involve our population. We need to create awareness; we need to be able to give civic education to our population for them to be able to understand what this involves, what it is and what is expected of them under different situations of disasters. We need to see which other authorities can co-operate and collaborate with countries that we can work and co-operate with in terms of training and provision of resources. I would also suggest that a role be found for the counties. The counties may even be more effective in certain aspects; they understand situations better because they are on the ground. So long as they get the resources and capacity, they can respond even better. So, a role should be found for the counties as well. Finally, on the issue of corruption, one of the hon. Members expressed concern here; it is really one of the reasons why, at times, some of our efforts and initiatives to try and mitigate or respond to disasters fail. I support the amendment."
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