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    "id": 935184,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Rono",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kipkogei Rono",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Bill by Hon. Joyce. I thank her for bringing it. It goes in tandem with the one that Hon. Kamket has brought, which is talking about marginalisation. A good number of these schools are actually marginalised. In some areas, you find roads are impassable. So, in case of the kind of disaster that Hon. Members have talked about, it will be very difficult to access some of these schools, which include some schools in some areas of my constituency. Also, we realise that some institutions of higher learning are not fenced. In case of insecurity like the one that took place in Garissa, they will come from all angles. So, there is nowhere you can say that is the gate. There can be something like a gate but not really a gate. We need to be more serious with these institutions of higher learning. The way we are handling them is not the way it should be because disaster can strike any time. As my colleagues have mentioned, disaster includes many aspects. There are some that can be avoided. Those that can be avoided should be avoided. An example is the one that has been mentioned about the school that was in Dagoretti. That disaster could have been avoided because earlier on, it was mentioned that there were cracks in the building but the management did nothing about it until we lost lives. That is when the Government pretended to swing into action. We do not have to wait for disasters to happen so that the Government can swing into action. Some school buildings are collapsing, just as I mentioned. Inspection should be carried out in schools. The Government has started doing so but it needs to be more serious. This is because we have some structures that are wanting. Some structures were poorly constructed. As my colleague just mentioned, there are some which have very narrow corridors while some have no escape routes or have only one emergency exit. So, in case of fire, there is nowhere to escape. That is why disaster management must be taken seriously. Also, the Government needs to give guidelines on the kind of structures that should be put up in each institution of higher learning so that there is no shortcut. People have been known to take shortcuts because of the big animal called corruption. Last but not least, we have schools which do not have police line. In case of a disaster or insecurity, there is nobody who has a police line. So, they stare at each other and things that could have been avoided happen. With those remarks, I support the Bill and thank Hon. Joyce."
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