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    "id": 950065,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950065/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13181,
        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, the manner in which the incident has been handled so far leaves Kenyans wondering if at all we have the so-called Disaster Management Unit that we normally hear about in Kenya. This unit is supposed to take care of any disaster in any eventuality where disasters can happen. This particular body has been mentioned, it exists in Kenya, and it earns money. There are personnel that are involved or are employed for this particular job. However, I think they are just earning money, which is going to waste. It is high time that Kenyans reviewed this body. If it is not delivering on its mandate, then it needs to quit. We need qualified personnel that can do their work; that have skills to handle disaster management at any time. We need those people that are ready to save Kenyan lives when a disaster like this occurs. Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, it is even sad that many Kenyans saw Ms. Mariam and the little Amanda drowning for more than 15 minutes and even took videos. It is traumatizing, more so, when you look at the way the ferry management and the authorities that came to speak after the incident handled the issue. I can only describe it as very ridiculous, that even the coast guard, Kenya Navy and the maritime bodies that my colleagues have mentioned were just practicing some few meters away from the place where this vehicle drowned. We have what we normally hear as the jeshi ambalo linachunga . I just want to translate it to Kiswahili so that it is well understood, and you will pardon me for this."
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