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    "content": "Bomet County we had a lot of disasters. A fire razed down a large part of Tenwek Hospital. It took us a long time to manage this disaster because of some simple things that could have been handled beforehand. One of the greatest challenges in our counties in handling disasters is procurement processes. I am sure it is so even in our counties. For example, in my county, it has taken around nine months for the fire-fighting engine to be procured. Procurement policies must be reviewed to make sure that items required for emergency purposes are procured faster than the processes that are being currently followed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other challenge we have that causes minor disasters to become serious in the long run is failure by the Government departments to do regular inspection, for example, on electrification of the houses and electrical gadgets. We see some cables have been damaged by rats and in the end, this causes a lot of fire outbreaks that become great disasters. Others are caused by negligence, ignorance and failure to follow up even on the regulations that have been given by respective organisations. It is interesting that an organisation like the KRCS is doing better than the county and the national Governments. We need to collaborate more with the KRCS so that we are able to work together towards fighting these disasters. Disasters in our country and the policy framework around this have not been addressed effectively. This Senate has a role to play in coming up with policy frameworks that will guide our country and our counties in fighting these disasters. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion in order to overcome disasters in our country. I thank you."
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