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    "id": 969398,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/969398/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Kenya always talks about having disaster management and rapid response funds to help people. In Nairobi, whenever we have a fire outbreak; I try to look for money for disaster. Under the National Government Affirmative Fund, we get a maximum of Kshs1 million for disaster management when it is divided equally for the entire country. We came up with a rule that some counties do not experience disasters and give the money to counties that experience disasters. I called the National Government Affirmative Fund and told them that we had floods in Nairobi with people displaced and women’s houses need corrugated iron sheets and asked for money. The maximum they gave me for the entire County of Nairobi was Kshs1 million. If you say you want food, they say that whatever food they had they have already distributed it through the County Commissioner’s offices. We do not know how we are going to deal with disasters if we do not budget and provide for them. Rapid response means that every county, if not the national Government, should have a system where we can have people rush to help Kenyans. Right now, we have many pay bill numbers coming up. They are started by NGOs and private people. It is a good initiative but how do we know that the money will reach the people?"
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