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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have just said that it is not duplication, but it will supplement the provisions that are in The Disaster Risk Management Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2018). Therefore, the Motion is very timely. I thought I should just proceed and move it. I will leave it to this House to decide. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) in its current form was established in 1965 through the Society, Act Cap 256 of 1965. Currently, His Excellency the President is the patron of the KRC. The KRCS is premised on the tenets of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service and universality. I want to believe that we all agree that they have lived up to these tenets that they believe in. The KRCS has earned the trust and confidence of the people of this country. The KRCS has been ever present; the first responders to any emergency across the country. It has responded to emergencies such as fires, accidents, collapsed buildings, mudslides, floods, refugee settlement, drought, drug addiction, jigger infestation, HIV/AIDS and so many others. In the recent past, we all remember the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence where KRCS played a very vital role in providing temporary shelters for the victims of these clashes. We all remember the Sunday, 1st February, 2009, when a tanker rolled at Sachang’wan and killed many people. It was a terrible tragedy. We all remember the first people who were there to save lives and help the other causalities. On Saturday, 21st September, 2013, during the Westgate Mall Terrorist Attack, we all remember the role that KRCS played. We also recall the role the KRCS played during the Mpeketoni attacks between 15thand 17th June, 2014; and the terrorist attack at Garissa University on Thursday, 2nd April 2015, where I lost a nephew. Even in the current clashes that are happening in Narok County, they are there, trying to provide shelter to those who have lost their homes. Therefore, the importance of the KRCS cannot be overemphasized. We all know the important role that they play to intervene in all the calamities and tragedies that befall us and thus, the gist of this Motion. Today, with all these interventions, the KRCS incurs a huge expenditure budget and they depend entirely on well-wishers. This organisation The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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