{"id":833875,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/833875/?format=json","text_counter":494,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by — (a) in the definition of the word “disaster” by inserting the words “and impacts” immediately after the words “environmental losses”; (b) in the definition of the word “disaster risk management” by inserting the words “multi-sectoral” immediately after the words “capacities to implement”; (c) in the definition of the word “hazard” by deleting the words “damaging physical event” appearing immediately after the words “means a” and substituting therefore the word “process”; (d) in the definition of the word “preparedness” by inserting the words “imminent” immediately after the words “impacts of likely”; (e) by deleting the definition of the word “prevention” and substituting therefore the following new definition- “prevention” means the activities and measures taken to avoid existing and new disasters; (f) in the definition of the word “recovery” by inserting the words “prevent or” immediately after the words “including efforts to”; (g) by deleting the definition of the word “response” and substituting therefore the following new definition- “response” means actions taken before, during or immediately after a disaster to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the affected persons; (h) by deleting the definition of the word “vulnerability” and substituting therefore the following new definition- “vulnerability” means the conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of a hazard; (i) by inserting the following new definition immediately after the definition of the word “hazard”- “Bureau of Statistics” means the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics established under section 3 of the Statistics Act. No. 4 of 2006"}