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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Edith Nyenze, Member for Kitui West."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill which seeks to establish the Risk Management Authority. It also seeks to establish a Risk Management Fund which will provide funds for risks and disasters to ensure that the country is prepared with a mitigation response in risk management matters. This Bill has been brought here at the right time to address some of the issues that have affected the country and caused many deaths."
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"content": "The Bill also seeks to establish an authority that will ensure that we have a central place where disasters and emergencies can be reported. It is even better because there is a Risk Management Committee in the counties where the governor is the chairperson. With such representation in the counties, it would be very easy to report disasters. Such committees will establish whether a risk is for the county or the national Government to handle."
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"content": "In the past, coordination has been blamed for slow response to crisis. With the establishment of such an authority and presence in the counties, the response will be very fast and this will save lives. The Bill has come at the right time. In the long run, some of the disasters that occur every time will no longer be labelled as disasters. For instance, for a disaster like flooding of a river, we should come up with a solution because we already know the problem. A solution like building a bridge. We know drought affects mostly the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) areas. When there is plenty of harvest, food can be stored to be provided to these areas during the drought season. With the Risk Management Fund and an authority in place, some of these risks will stop being disasters with time. The funds can also be used to buy fire equipment in case of fire disasters. This will aid in preparedness in terms of responding immediately whenever a disaster occurs thereby saving lives. I know of River Enziu which is in Hon. Mulyungi’s constituency. It killed very many people sometime back. If we had this authority in place and enlisted this river as a disaster, the tragedy would have probably been avoided through some mitigation measures. A bridge is currently being constructed there, but it is yet to be completed. I also have an accident-prone area in my constituency; after every few days, people are killed. The road between Nkubu, Kabati and Gatutu has claimed so many lives due to road accidents. This authority should look into such incidents; establish the reason for the accidents and come up with mitigation measures. 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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"content": "With those remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill. When it becomes an Act, we will save lives. Thank you."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Allow me to take this opportunity to thank Hon. Lochakapong for not just moving the Bill on my behalf, but also leading his committee in consideration of this Bill. Going through the Committee’s Report, I agree with a number of their proposals. It is also important to note that I did this Bill in the last Parliament; it is among the Bills that lapsed and we sought to revive them in the 13th Parliament. The need emanated from the desire to have a proper legal framework that would coordinate disaster risk management in the country because we lacked that up until now. I recall that I came up with this Bill after the Garissa University terrorist attack. It was sad because at that time, which I believe is still the case even today, there was absence of a coordinated way to manage our disasters and risks which contribute to more disasters."
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"content": "[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair]"
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"content": "[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) took the Chair]"
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"content": "At that time, when the terrorists hit Garissa University, so many students were shot, some killed while some were injured. Parents were filled with anguish. It was around summer time in Garissa, if there is summer time in Kenya. Temperatures were soaring to highs of 40 degrees celsius. I had an engagement with a medical officer who was serving in the region at that time and coordinating that disaster from Garissa. The bodies of those who unfortunately lost their lives were being taken to the morgue at the Garissa District Hospital. However, due to the high number of bodies, the morgue could not handle. By that evening, bodies had started decomposing. By the time the Government mobilised resources from Nairobi to fly to Garissa and get fingerprints from the bodies that were already decomposing, it was not possible. I was told by those in the medical profession that when bodies stay under such temperatures, they get disfigured. Fingerprints were disfigured and it took a long time for families who had already been notified that they had lost their loved young ones at the university, to identify the bodies. You can imagine the anguish the parents had. Some were accommodated at the Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi. There were harrowing stories of parents being subjected to walking from Chiromo, all the way to Nyayo Stadium every morning to wait for buses at the Nyayo Stadium to see if they would be able to identify those who were arriving in buses from Garissa and get information about the loss of their loved ones. I engaged a parent who had travelled all the way from West Pokot and had sold his three goats to get fare to come to Nairobi. He exhausted that money by trying to get accommodation in Nairobi and when they were eventually hosted by the University of Nairobi in Chiromo, he had to walk daily for almost a week-and-a-half before he could finally identify his deceased child from Garissa University. That motivated me to ask: what is it that we can do if such a disaster strikes again? There is a coordinated way to handle such a disaster or others. From the Members' contributions, you could feel the anguish they go through now and then. For instance, with simple disasters like the blowing off of roofs of primary schools by strong winds or floods, when floods ravage our constituencies, be it in Budalang’i or the Eastern Region of Kenya, Kenyans are left suffering, because there is no coordinated way through which the Government at the national and county levels coordinates to handle disasters. We sought to have this Bill address some of the said challenges, and ensure that we not only provide the legal framework for disaster risk management but also, enhance the 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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