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    "content": "to those who are visually impaired? What has happened to those people who use wheelchairs? Where are the poorest of the poor in those situations? So, it does not make it a serious issue because it is a certain class of the society that is always affected? Where are they? And the answer is that you find them in very specific places; the lower parts of the streams. What happens upstream? It is that nobody takes care of the streams and, therefore, allows the floods and the waters to flow down and destroy not only the lives, but the property of those living downstream. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it brings me to another question. Who is responsible? It is important to identify the key actors. I believe the first person is the individual. What happens in my house when I find my house leaking every rainy season? Do I stay there until the next rainy season? No, I would arise and do something about it. I will either have a new roof on it or move to another location in time; or do something else. It also affects the community around, but what do they do about it? Do our communities take care of the weak members of their society; those who are more vulnerable? The Government, the duty bearers; do they put any resources in seeing to it that the poor are given priority in resource allocation and prioritizing issues affecting the poor? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to propose that this Motion would pass and the State is called upon to address the issues of development in a rights based approach, so that development is no longer about sympathy or charity, but about rights. The people of Tana River, Budalangi, Nyando and the people of Murang’a who have to come down with landslides have a right to life. They have a right to protection. Therefore, somebody must be held accountable when one life is lost. We lose lives of people every day. On Friday, we lost two children in Baringo County when Kerio River burst its banks. Nobody is accountable. Where is the provincial administration that still wants to stick around? Where are the people in charge of managing disasters at the county and the village level? Traditionally, we, as Africans, have always had a way out. I beg to support this Motion because floods are a national disaster."
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