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    "id": 597830,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Keter",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 169,
        "legal_name": "Charles Cheruiyot Keter",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very crucial Bill. Last week when I was responding to the issue of El Nino, one of the issues we noticed is that there was no legal framework on how to deal with or manage disasters in this country. That is both in the national and county governments. So, the essence of this Bill is to give a platform whereby all these disasters can be dealt with from a central point. I urge my colleagues that this is a very crucial Bill. With the legal mechanisms in place, we can address some of the issues. We have had a lot of issues in the country, but they are managed differently. We do not even know who manages some of them. If it is an issue like a collapsed building, they send engineers, fire brigade and any others because nobody specifically has been assigned that role. Therefore, if we have a central point on how to manage disasters, it will be easier in terms of rapid response. This is a timely Bill. We need it like yesterday, especially now when we are expecting El Nino . People are asking who will manage what in case, say, it floods. Under the memorandum of objects and reasons, it gives the principal purpose of the Bill as; “To provide a uniform legislative framework for effective and comprehensive disaster management by county governments in their respective counties.” If there was a disaster in my county, Kericho, now, who will respond to that? What will the county Government do? Who will they consult? If we have a national management and a county legislative framework, it will be easier, for example, if we have fire that goes beyond the efforts of the county, they can request for assistance from another county. They can also respond to the national Government. We have rivers in our areas. If some people drowned, getting access to call anybody in the Kenya Navy or anyone else who would manage is extremely hard. So, if we could have this in our counties, it would be easier to even get the navy officers because they are trained in terms of handling water bodies. I beg to support."
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