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    "id": 963658,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "crisis can occur. With the current technology, we should be able to warn people in advance. We have seen that happen all over the world. I used to live in the United States of America (USA), and in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina killed hundreds of people. The Government was condemned for not being well prepared, despite the fact that they had warned people to leave their homes and seek shelter away from where the hurricane was to hit. However, since there had been many warnings, people just ignored then. When the Hurricane came, it was catastrophic. Therefore, we should warn our citizens when disasters are about to happen. We should also tell people living in areas that are not good for human habitation that they would be the most affected when such kinds of crises occur. We should plan in advance on what to do and how to do it to make sure that people are evacuated and relocated to safe places in case of catastrophes. We have been seeing changes and experiencing extreme weather patterns. We now experience a lot of rainfall in months when it never used to rain. It has also led to a lot of food shortage, because sometimes we have delayed rainfall. Therefore, we experience extreme weather patterns both ways. With that, the same people living in poverty lack food, water, and sometimes shelter. Therefore, as a country, it is important to come up with solutions. Immediately disaster strikes, we should get to the affected areas and offer the relief needed by our citizens. This is because there is the risk of people dying because of cold weather and lack of shelter, like it happened in West Pokot. It is an issue that we cannot just bury our heads under the sand and wait for it to happen again. We have to be proactive by thinking ahead. We should not keep reacting after our people have died. That is not acceptable. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, during the UN General Meeting, a young Swedish environmental activist called Greta Thunberg challenged the world to do better. When school-going children begin having movements about climate change, then we should know that we have a crisis. It is also necessary to conduct more civic education in our country so that people are aware of what is going on. If there are mitigating factors that can be taken into account, our people should be brought on board so that we do not continuously keep experiencing these disasters. We face challenges year after year, but we do not seem to learn. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali and his team for bringing the comprehensive report. Going forward, I hope that we will get solutions to the current climate problems that we are facing us, as a country. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I beg to support."
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