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    "id": 932770,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/932770/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for also according me an opportunity to contribute. First, I thank my good friend, the Senator for Bomet County, Sen. Dr. Langat, for introducing this Motion for debate before the Senate. I would like to register my condolences to the people of West Pokot County who have been affected by this natural calamity. On behalf of myself and the people of Nyamira County, I say, pole . We hope that they will be strengthened because whatever happened is beyond the prevention of human beings. Secondly, we should not be embarrassed by what occurred in West Pokot County because natural disasters happen everywhere. I read in the newspaper yesterday and I watched CNN this morning. What we are seeing in Kenya is also happening in Italy, though it has not killed people. The City of Venice is flooded and people have been forced out of their houses. These things happen. What is important is how we respond to some of these disasters. How prepared is our Government in responding to disasters? Let us give the blame where it squarely lies. Under the Sixth Schedule of our Constitution, the issue of disaster management is the responsibility of the national Government. So, we should not be sitting here blaming the County Government of West Pokot. It is the national Government that has been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that there are mechanisms in place to respond to any disaster. The efforts that have been put in place by the national Government are commendable, but I hope that they will do more. There are some facts which are glaring and everybody can see. The affected families have lost homes, valuable items and farming investments. Therefore, they need assistance from the Government. I hope the Government has put in place some compensation fund that will be given to the affected families because we have been told that rains will subside in the next five days or so. Once that is done, to be seen that we have a Government that cares for its people in place, we need to ensure that we identify the affected families and give them money to reconstruct their homes so that they continue with their day-to-day activities. Madam Temporary Speaker, we should not allow disasters to happen year in, year out. If we can map out West Pokot County and scientifically arrive at a conclusion that, that is an area that is prone to this kind of calamity during the rainy seasons, then we should put in place mechanisms of mitigating the losses likely to occur when we have landslides. Madam Temporary Speaker, in America in the 1930s, there used to be serious floods in the Tennessee Valley---"
}