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    "id": 812134,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to commend Sen. Seneta for this important Statement. As she asked: For how long will we wait for this country to deal with issues of disaster? I believe most of these disasters are man-made, especially the one for Gikomba. Two days ago, if I am not wrong, the Senator for Nairobi County said there are some people holding the title deed to that particular piece of land who actually burnt down the place. He even threatened that those are just papers and their title deed will be cancelled. I am sure by now we have lost so many lives in Gikomba. Somebody somewhere, should have been held responsible. I remember in my county a similar thing happened to a market. Up to date, those poor farmers and traders who were operating in the market have not been compensated and they do not have a market. No investigations have been carried out. I think we are losing direction. It is really important for us to get our act together. In cases where loss of lives is involved, we need to take serious action. These are poor people and Government agencies are actually standing at that site where people were killed saying that nobody should build here. Clearly, it means somebody is behind it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we still have a long way to go to deal with the issue of disasters. The same thing happened to Solai where now, almost two months down the line, the people behind the Solai Dam tragedy were being arrested yesterday. Where were they? Where were all these Government agencies all these months after the incident happened? Can we spend money to put proper structures in place to deal with these disasters because we cannot afford to lose more lives in our country? 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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