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    "id": 935995,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is normal for colleagues to allow information and not to be hesitant. I do not know what the hesitation was. Quickly, I would like to inform Sen. Olekina as well as the House. Sen. M. Kajwang’ has pointed out the Fourth Schedule about the roles of the national Government and clearly, there is disaster management. Part 2(12) talks about fire fighting and disaster management as a county function. This is what we call a concurrent function that both arms of government have to deal with. Therefore, it is not right to just blame one side. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of that, this House passed a Bill sponsored by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr. and myself. We co-sponsored this Bill on disaster management and cooperation between national agencies and the counties. The question we must ask ourselves as a House is why that Bill has been stuck in the National Assembly for more than nine months - actually possibly more than a year. They have decided to designate it as a money Bill and they have gone to the budget office and the National Treasury to find out. That is the real problem because there are resources in the national Government and county governments that should deal with flooding; one day it is flooding, tomorrow it is drought. The framework is there. That is where the focus should be. I would like to urge Sen. Khaniri or if I can do it through this intervention, that that is part of the question that the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources needs to ask; not just on policy because there is also another Bill coming from the national Government to deal with concurrence of the disaster management function. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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