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    "content": "with even in Budalangi, I dare say, despite those dykes, the water has overflown the dykes as it happened last year--- Whereas we have been waiting for the Government to come in with more comprehensive plans, I wish they would have listened to Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s contribution, on how to have long term solutions to this problem. However, the solutions are not forthcoming. We know that nature is being very fair to us because we know when these floods will come and it is not like they come out of the ordinary. They are there during rainy seasons. What beats me is that once these rivers overflow their banks, that is, when we hear people running to the Ministry of State for Special Programmes and to other departments in the Government to plan on how to get to the ground. Most of the time, what they do is to assess the damage that has occurred. They then come back and organise relief; be it blankets or medicine. Nature has been kind. This is not a Tsunami or a Katrina which comes with an element of unpredictability. There should be, every year, in January or February, stand-by operations and materials so that when the floods occur, we do not wait for lorries to come all the way from Nairobi. I must say that I have had wonderful cooperation from the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. However, when these floods occur, you have to go to their Ministry. They then organize for some food, medicine, blankets and you are told to wait for another week so that these things are taken down. If that kind of disaster management was carried out in America or in another country, many people would lose their jobs because nature has already given you a signal. I agree that yes, the solution is long term planning. The worst thing for Senators or for Members of Parliament is that when disasters occur, ordinary people expect you to provide them with food, blankets and medicine. If you are not around immediately, you are taken to account. I support this Adjournment Motion. I am glad that I am in the Implementation Committee. One of the things that we will follow despite the fact that there will be no vote at the end, is to ask the national Government to implement this Motion. This situation occurs every year. Now that there is a record, Sen. Zani, I will ask for the HANSARD and have it in the Implementation Committee. I will also make it available to the concerned departments of Government, so that they see what Senators said and urge them to do better. I support."
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