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    "id": 932745,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/932745/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, disaster management is a shared responsibility under the Constitution. The Fourth Schedule gives authority to both national and county governments to manage disaster. I do not share the view that the delay in passage of a Bill that left this House and went to the National Assembly is a hindrance. A disaster is a disaster and the response by the Government must be instantaneous and effective. When we have a situation such as what we have in West Pokot County, I expect the Government to deploy the military. Thank God that we have a military that is never at war with anybody apart from going out to keep peace and the current misadventure in Somalia. The national Government should deploy the military to West Pokot County to assist families to carry bodies of their loved ones who are being recovered. I am told that more than 50 people have died, but most of the bodies have not been found. The army should go down the stream. We have River Muruny that joins Turkwel River that flows to Lake Turkana which is heavily infested with crocodiles. They should see that the families that have lost their loved ones have the opportunity to give them a decent burial, but that is not happening. More importantly, I would like to hear that the Government is helping to erect shelter on safer grounds for people who have had their dwellings washed away. Again, that is not happening. We do not want to see people being put in inhumane camps as if they are refugees in their own country because we have enough capacity, space, and opportunity to give a sense of pride to Kenyans. When something happens in any part of this country, people everywhere in the country should feel the pain like the people of West Pokot County are feeling. Madam Temporary Speaker, what hurts many people more is the reckless users of social media. A deluge like what we saw in West Pokot County swept away families. The floods swept away an entire family of seven people. Users of social media, completely oblivious of the pain people are going through, are posting horrid pictures of dead Kenyans on social media. Where have our morals gone? We cannot have people behaving like beasts towards others. Whereas people need comfort, confidentiality and prayers, criminal and crooked minded people are busy taking pictures of naked dead bodies and posting them on social media. This is extremely callous and has to be condemned. We have a law in this country like they have in the USA. Even American soldiers that are bastardized and killed in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq and everywhere---"
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