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    "id": 986517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to send my condolences to the bereaved families of the 24 persons in particular, the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet and West Pokot counties in general. We have been going through disasters one after the other; it is either drought, floods, or this kind of thing. As a country, we should be prepared. I know that in the case of drought, there is the National Drought Emergency Fund. It is a Kshs2 billion fund. This Parliament passed a Bill, I do not know whether the President assented to it, but it needs to be used. Similarly, we generally need to have a bigger kitty to handle disasters. I would like to thank the Senate Majority Leader for giving us clear facts on what actually happened. He said this area was settled on, degraded and that is how the slopes became unstable. In the first place, the Government should come in. We should not leave to the members of the public to look for their loved ones who are missing or trapped. The Government should come in to alleviate their suffering and assist them in burying their loved ones who died in this disaster. There should be a very clear way of carrying out disaster management. We know that we have the Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA), which is supposed to be doing afforestation. We know that they have been getting money from the European Union (EU). We need to know what they are doing with this money. We do not just leave people to create this kind of environmental disasters then they just watch. At least, we need to see the Government’s action in terms of even relocating the people and institutions. Let us quickly see what can be done."
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