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    "content": "disaster response. It is very specific to the different areas of focus for the international donors. Sen. Khaniri has listed all the disaster risk responses that it has done and I do not want to repeat. The Kenya Red Cross Society is supposed to arrive in time; within the first hour, when there are mass casualty incidents when major disasters occur, but the resources are not adequate. The Society usually pre-positions a lot of preparedness for response around the country. With time, this is becoming impossible for the Society to manage. It is even impossible to sustain the 2,000 or so people that work for the Kenya Red Cross Society. The Society looks like it has many people, however, for it to be efficient, this manpower needs to be multiplied. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it uses volunteer systems and has 100,000 volunteers around this country who appear the minute a disaster happens. These volunteers are given a very basic stipend of Ksh600 when they respond. Even that, the strategy for volunteer networks is becoming unsustainable and the Society may be rendered ineffective, not because of lack of leadership but because of lack both local and international funding. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a middle-income country, our country is facing many challenges in getting funds---"
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