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    "id": 995308,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security Committee requested for a Statement on the flooding in the country. The Committee particularly sought to be apprised on: (i) Whether the Government of Kenya issued alerts on impending heavy rains, leading to flooding in some parts of the country and specific action taken to ensure that the vulnerable are safe from the floods; (ii) Action being taken to mitigate loss of lives and property as well as displacement of people as a result of floods; and (iii) The Government’s general preparedness in disaster management. Hon. Speaker, I wish to state that the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, continuously monitors weather and climate information across the country to provide early warning for decision-making at all levels of the economic grid. Consequently, the Department has been issuing early warning weather advisories and alerts, informing the public of expected heavy rains, highlighting the expected impacts of the rainfall, and providing advisories to residents of those areas for safety of their lives and protection of their property. The information is also shared with relevant Government Ministries, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and the media. The Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, upon receiving the weather alerts and advisories, ensures that the same information is cascaded to the national Government officers in the counties and thereafter, inform the communities in their areas of jurisdiction of what they are required to do to ensure their safety. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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