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    "id": 935191,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935191/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this amendment Bill. I have a lot of respect for Hon. Emanikor. Now that she has brought this very important amendment Bill, my respect for her has gone up. One of the things we need to look at is the principal object of this Bill. We have had policies on safety in this country. We have had what we would call guidelines on safety in schools. We even have the hardware. Schools are now built with doors that open and revolve on both ends. There are a lot of things that have been done, but there has been one thing that has been missing. This is what Hon. Emanikor is trying to do. She is trying to bring safety education into the curriculum so that as a child steps into the school, one of the courses that that child will learn is safety measures while in school such as how to react when there is a fire. Fire drills should be taught to a child. They should be taught how to react when there is a gunman in the compound, when there is an accident or when there is an accident or incident in the lab. Very recently when pupils were doing their Form Four examinations, there was a chemical that reacted and we lost a life. If those kids had been given information and the curriculum had information on how to handle disaster, probably we would not have had the disasters we had during the examination. That is why this Bill talks about DRR. It is important that we equip our children with skills on how to manage disasters in schools so that schools are safe. In the USA, there have been a lot of shootings in schools where a gunman comes or a pupil draws a gun and kills people. In that melee, you find that there is nothing the children can do because they have not been prepared for such disasters. In the First World, new policies and curriculums are developed to ensure that children are well-equipped to handle gun dramas when people bring guns to school. Schools in Kenya are copying a lot of things from the western World. Our children are learning a lot of things from the internet. We will not be surprised if we also have gun dramas in our schools. How prepared are our children to handle disaster while in schools? I have heard of situations where children have gone out for activities and games and a child breaks his leg. Those kids are at a loss on how to handle that or a person who has fainted, broken his leg or is injured in one way or the other because they are not prepared. This Bill asks the KICD to infuse DRR within the curriculum and teach it in schools. Probably, they will have modules for lower primary, upper primary and secondary schools. That is what I expect the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to do. It should infuse disaster-risk reduction in the curriculum so that children can handle disasters."
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