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    "id": 932723,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I convey my heartfelt condolence to the people of West Pokot County and more especially to all families that were directly or indirectly affected by the landslide. As I have mentioned, the tragedy has claimed over 50 lives and more bodies are still missing and are yet to be retrieved from the mud sludge. Some families have lost all their members. As we heard in the media yesterday, there is a family that lost five members. Apart from the loss of lives, many other residents have been injured, property worth millions destroyed and livelihood lost. I, however, express my disappointment regarding the slow emergency response to this particular disaster. We have heard over the media that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Security and Coordination of National Government, CS for Devolution and Planning and the Regional Commissioner were still in Eldoret up to yesterday waiting for the weather to be conducive so that they could visit the place. While the military has been deployed to assist in recovery and relocation of people from areas perceived to be in danger, very little has been done to ease the suffering of the affected people of West Pokot. Medical assistance, for instance, is slow and needs to be stepped up to save lives of people that have been injured. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the disaster has affected the people and they have suffered greatly. Therefore, further provision of food, water and clothing should be fast- tracked to cover all the affected families. According to the meteorological department, heavy rain is still expected to continue with intensity in the coming week before easing towards mid December. This raises fears of more devastating effects in various parts of the country as it was mentioned yesterday. This calls for the National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC) and other emergencies rescue to be proactive in mitigating any potential disasters that may occur arising from the ongoing weather. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in light of this disaster, I urge you to refer the matter to the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to invite the CS to respond to a Committee of the Whole to explain the disaster situation occasioned by the ongoing rains in various parts of our country and measures put in place to mitigate this particular disaster."
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