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    "content": "The Bill provides that the money to be paid into this fund is received by way of or otherwise in connection with aid or assistance received to manage disasters. This will be from whom and at what frequency? It is almost like some sort of charity that we are putting there. The Bill also says that monies accruing to or received by the fund from any other source shall be paid out to the fund repayments in respect of any expenses incurred in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. So, this will be paid out. Clause 30 needs to be strengthened by going to the allocation of the funds that is meant to come from the National Assembly. I propose some sort of insight about, maybe, a figure that will be essential for this sort of money and then that can be reviewed by the Authority at a particular level of regularity that can be put into place. The way the Bill is right now means that an Authority might have the money and concentrate on how to run the board and everything else. They may focus on the functions of the Authority that have been put in both Clause 5 and 15 and be involved in the management of issues, which tends to be the problem. Therein really lies the problem. If you go to most of these organizations and ask them why they have been unable to address a particular disaster, most of the time it is because of funds. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Kenya, one of the organizations that come to mind whenever there is a hazard is the Kenya Red Cross Society, which is an independent organization. When we look at the organizations and specific bodies that you would expect to be at the forefront, some of which have been mentioned in the First Schedule, you find that there is not much response. I think it is because of the issue of capacity. How then can we build these organizations? Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja need to put in a little bit of insight into that clause because minus that money going in there, we will have a complication. We have Clause 14(1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are listed and then suddenly, we have Clause 14(3). I do not see Clause 14(2) anywhere. Clause 14(3) suddenly pops up and states that the Authority shall ensure that the database is accessible. To whom is it accessible? I know there is a Clause later on that talks about the need to protect the data. However, we need to state specifically, under that clause, that the data is accessible and then link it to another clause that specifies who has the data rights. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 18(2) has the principle of gender equity. Here we are talking about the County Disaster Risk Management. We are looking at the committee and the provision is put there for the provision of the principle of gender equity; the two-thirds representation in public offices. However, this clause has not been mentioned when talking about the composition of the Authority itself. It only talks of a man and woman. Clause 18(1) many also be problematic when it talks about the composition of the committee. Clause 18 (1) (a) reads:- “The governor of the county, or a representative appointed in writing by the governor who shall be the Chairperson.” Who is the chairperson? Is it the governor or the representative? What is the modality of getting the representative? The governor can choose his best friend and make him the chairman of a very important committee. Some sort of qualification is given later on, but 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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