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    "id": 963655,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963655/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "When the tragedy struck on Saturday, I called Sen. Poghisio, and I also contacted the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pokot South, Hon. David Pkosing Sakwa. The top leadership of this country must take what Sen. Poghisio has said very seriously. What is the emergency response to situations? Do we wait for such disasters to happen, for us to act in an uncoordinated manner, to a point where we are unable to save lives? My understanding of setting up of quick response units and emergency units is that we should also invest in our capacity to predict and, as much as possible, try to stop some of these things from happening. As a nation, we are now grappling with a 10 per cent forest cover, yet other countries are talking of serious percentages. We have destroyed our forests; the sea level is rising; lakes in the Rift – such as Lake Bogoria and Lake Baringo – are claiming land, and we are just seated there watching. In fact, we are doing very little to stop a bigger tragedy from happening. I took time to look at the Kenyan profile on climate change. That profile says that our situation will be made worse by our weak institutions, and I believe that is what Sen. Poghisio is talking about. Our problem arises from our inability to mobilise resources to deal with tragedies of such nature; and the lack of technology to predict and act before these tragedies strike. I support this Motion, but a time has come that we, as leadership and as Kenyans, have to stop talking about climate change. We should do something about it at a national level in a concerted and coordinated way."
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