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    "speaker_name": "Kilome, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Thuddeus Nzambia",
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        "legal_name": "Thaddeus Kithua Nzambia",
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    "content": "and the entire Makueni County has been affected. We have 150 families which have been affected by the current floods. I would like to appreciate the Government because yesterday, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government came to our rescue. He was in Kaiti and Kilome constituencies where we condoled with the affected ones. We have encouraged those who are near the landslide areas to move to safer grounds. I want to encourage the Government to come up with preventive measures even when we do not have floods. We should see how to improve the situation even before rains. I urge my fellow engineers to carry out proper designs especially the drainage within the city and also other places within the country. The water could not even move to where it is supposed to go because of poor design. Most of the places are flooded and that is why I am challenging my fellow engineers to carry out proper designs whenever they have to. I also urge Members of this House to advise their constituents, especially the parents, not to let their young ones outside the markets during these rainy seasons. That is because we have several cases where young ones have drowned because of the negligence of their parents. I urge Members of this House to pass the same message to their constituents. When it comes to emergency funds for making the roads which have already been damaged, we allocate them in this House but, at the end of the day, we do not see the funds. I am also challenging the Government that after the rains subsides; we would like to see emergency funds for the damaged roads to be made available to the constituencies and counties. We can have preventive measures. There are some people who have really been affected and we would like the Government to rescue all the people wherever they are. They can also provide mosquito nets and for those who cannot access food. It is the responsibility of both the Government, both national and county. I would like to congratulate the Red Cross for coming to our aid during these moments, especially in my constituency and in Kaiti Constituency. They did so yesterday when the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government visited. Lastly, when it comes to issues of getting to know the affected areas, I would like to urge all the chiefs and assistant chiefs in my constituency to report any problem or incident where people have been affected so that the constituency and my office can put in place possible measures to assist the affected people. I take this opportunity to wish all Kenyans and my colleagues in this Parliament a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020, as we start our long recess."
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