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    "content": "plans, the capacity building and preparedness measure to be taken disasters that a county like Kisumu can deal, with like floods. When it comes to major accidents, having capacity building to deal with that kind of disaster is out of this world, because the casualties that occur like people who are burnt excessively need attention. In our case, when it occurred under the Coalition Government we had to fly people to Israel and India. Somewhere in the Bill, we need to pay attention to major accidents and see how within the disaster management framework in the county, it can be dealt with or whether we want to bring in the national Government in such instances to come to the aid of the county, so that when a major accident occurs, the Rapid Response Unit of the national Government and of the county governments can work together to make sure that action is taken in the quickest time possible so that we do not lose human life or even cause more disaster to happen. The issue of disaster management is defined as a means, a continous and integrated process of planning, organizing, coordinating and implementing measures that are necessary, or expedite for (a) Prevention management disaster, mitigation reduction of the risk of any disaster or severity, capacity building and so on. In Clause 31 of the Bill, there is a point that I want to raise to the attention of the Mover of the Bill, Sen. Haji. It states:- “A person who does not comply with or contravenes an order or directive made under Section 35 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Kshs million.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a case in New Runda in my brother in-law’s place, who went to work and came back then found that his whole fence had been reduced to nothing by the County Government of Nairobi. Why? Because the County Government of Nairobi decides that along that fence - between my brother in-laws’ house here in Runda and his neighbour - it was going to build a trench to manage El Nino. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, it takes years to plant a Kay-apple fence to its maturity, so that if you are living in your house you can feel secure. To come home and find your fence reduced to nothing without any warning or notice that they are digging a trench for the preparation of El Nino, it is infringement of private property. The English men once said that “an English man’s home was once called his castle,” in other words, that is where the English man finds most security. I would believe that here in Nairobi and anywhere in Kenya, somebody’s home is his or her castle. That is where you find most security. If in the spirit or in the policy of trying to be prepared for a disaster any government, county or otherwise can come and destroy somebody’s fence without any pre-warning, without any preparation of the owner, that such a thing is going to happen, even after being approached and promising that they will put a temporary fence, they could not do so for days and days, such a person is liable for this kind of punishment. In managing disaster, it does not mean that we do away with the Bill of Rights, nor do we do away with the sanctity of private property. This Bill must also look to what The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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