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    "id": 798527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/798527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also add my voice to congratulate Governor (Prof.) Kibwana and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., for always being the first to get it right with regard to partnership, and collaborations with impact. I know everybody has jumped to congratulate Governor (Prof.) Kibwana for what I consider not to be the right reason. We should rather recognize this House as the one that will do all these things--- In the process, we do not lose sight of what the call to action - as Sen. M. Kajwang’ has mentioned - is. This is because we are so happy and pleased with ourselves that we have been recognized by Governor (Prof.) Kibwana and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Regarding disaster management in this country, we have seen the weaknesses that have happened and how we are definitely not resilient. Our institutions are not ready for these things, especially of the magnitudes we saw the other day. I know that Governor (Prof.) Kibwana is looking to us to legislate and to provide the frameworks that will provide not just the legal and legislative framework, but also the resources that will go to counties. I am happy that Sen. Wetangula has said that we need to discuss this further with a view to ensuring that we see and decipher what exactly needs to happen for a certain impact to be achieved. That will then enable us built resilient communities and institutions that can actually deal with disasters in this country. It has been said that Makueni County is one of the shining examples of a working county. I congratulate them for that. Even reaching out to the Senate is definitely a very good point in the right direction. However, disaster legislations always come with an institution, layer of coordination or another parastatal that should care for all these disasters. For me as somebody who comes from a background of managing disasters, I believe we should strengthen existing structures, systems and the county government to be the first responders. This is because when we have somebody coming from somewhere else; the result is always death and devastation. As we consider, deliberate and debate this, let us look at how we will make our local units and systems to work. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at the same time, we have a very strong and robust Kenya Red Cross system---"
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