{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138866","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138864","results":[{"id":1405061,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405061/?format=json","text_counter":437,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kavindu Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13733,"legal_name":"Agnes Kavindu Muthama","slug":"agnes-kavindu-muthama"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Lately, we have experienced extremely heavy downpours of rains in various parts of our country. This rainfall ---"},{"id":1405062,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405062/?format=json","text_counter":438,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Senator, you need to move the Motion exactly as it appears on your paper. You have 10 minutes to move your Motion."},{"id":1405063,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405063/?format=json","text_counter":439,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kavindu Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13733,"legal_name":"Agnes Kavindu Muthama","slug":"agnes-kavindu-muthama"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT pursuant to Standing Order No. 37, the Senate do now adjourn to discuss a definite matter of urgent national importance namely - the delay of the release of the disaster management funds to flood victims arising from the prevailing heavy rains and subsequent flooding in many parts of the country. Thank you. Now, I move with my notes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir---"},{"id":1405064,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405064/?format=json","text_counter":440,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Just hold on."},{"id":1405065,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405065/?format=json","text_counter":441,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(The Clerk-at-the-Table consulted the Chair)"},{"id":1405066,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405066/?format=json","text_counter":442,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":"Proceed, Sen. Kavindu."},{"id":1405067,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405067/?format=json","text_counter":443,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kavindu Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13733,"legal_name":"Agnes Kavindu Muthama","slug":"agnes-kavindu-muthama"},"content":"Let Sen. Wambua second me."},{"id":1405068,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405068/?format=json","text_counter":444,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Kavindu, after moving your Motion, you can debate on it. You have 10 minutes and then you can call the seconder."},{"id":1405069,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405069/?format=json","text_counter":445,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kavindu Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13733,"legal_name":"Agnes Kavindu Muthama","slug":"agnes-kavindu-muthama"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lately, we have experienced extremely heavy downpour in various parts of the country which has resulted to floods. The number of people impacted by the March-May long rains continue to rise, with an estimated 103,485 people (20,697 households) affected, including 40,265 people (8,053 households) displaced; 32 deaths, and 15 injured across the country, as of 18th April, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the heavy rains causing floods have also resulted in loss of livelihoods, including livestock, cropland and destruction of small businesses. Damage to schools, water sources, and major roads have also been reported. In Machakos County, where I come from, several households have been affected. Farms and homes have been submerged while roads, bridges and animals have been swept away because of the waters that are coming down. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, schools, hospitals, areas of common amenities, like churches and mosques, none of these places have been spared. We have lost lives in the"},{"id":1405070,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405070/?format=json","text_counter":446,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kavindu Muthama","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13733,"legal_name":"Agnes Kavindu Muthama","slug":"agnes-kavindu-muthama"},"content":"The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."}]}