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    "id": 812312,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. You always give me the last opportunity, but today I am lucky. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill, which is very timely. Disasters in our country are, more often than not, caused by very simple and manageable incidents. There was a time I was involved in a task force that was going through schools, when there were several fire outbreaks. We realized that some of the causes were as simple as poor electrification, poor or irregular inspections, compromised standards and many such simple things. You would find that a qualified and certified engineer would be awarded a contract to electrify a particular institution, only for him to send the juniors to do the job for him to sign the certificate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when it comes to the ill-fated Fly-SAX plane that crashed in the Aberdares, we reacted after 43 hours. People were psychologically tortured and nobody knew what was happening. In the Solai Dam tragedy, which was mentioned by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., the report from the multiagency team set up by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government showed that the Solai dam had cracked a long time before the tragedy. What are we lacking? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in March, 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID)commissioned a development initiative to conduct a political and economic study on Kenya’s preparedness to disaster, and the report is amazing. One of the findings was that there are no existing legal frameworks in place guiding the country’s disaster preparedness. In line with this, I tend to think that this is the right time for this House to come up with the legal framework that will guide disaster management and preparedness in this country. The report also said that the country lacks a culture of preparedness; meaning there is little awareness and education to the masses on disaster management and control. The report also held that the resource allocation for disaster preparedness in Kenya appears to be increasing every year, but there is little value to show for it, as Sen. Mwaura has stated. It also shows that there is a lot of data and reports on disasters in our country. However, the irony is that there is little use of that data in decision making. 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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