Ali Mohamud Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise to the hon. Member for having not received a copy of the written answer from us. However, the copies of the written answer are now ready for circulation. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The Government is well prepared to respond and mitigate against most disasters. It is, however, imperative to note that some disasters can overwhelm national capacity and require international intervention. The national level disasters are adequately addressed through national response mechanisms that involve disaster responders. (b) The Government has prepared a national disaster management policy, which has been exhaustively discussed and agreed on by all the stakeholders. The document is view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are consulting loudly! view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the draft policy provides for proper disaster management in the country, including institutional arrangements and the code of conduct expected of the different stakeholders involved in disaster management in Kenya. A draft copy of the same is hereby tabled. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: In addition, the Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy was launched in July 2007, and it is already in operation. It spells out the different risk mitigation approaches. I also hereby tabled it. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Further, the national disaster response plan has already been operationalized. The plan outlines the standards and operating procedures during incidents of disaster, and the role of its responder. It also contains an inventory of all the disaster responders, the allocations and incidents command systems for ease of operations. I hereby table it. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (c) During the Financial Year 2008/2009, the Government made the following budgetary provisions for disaster mitigation: Public funds from Government of Kenya, Kshs707 million and funds from donors, Kshs1.308 billion. The total provisions amount to, Kshs2.015 billion. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, about the delay, I would like to agree with the hon. Member that it has taken a little long, but you will appreciate that the field of disaster is complex. New phenomena keep coming up; for example, we were faced with things we were not used to when we faced the conflict following the 2007 General Election. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) issue became a new thing; it was bigger than we could have imagined. So, it was important that the document had to be revised. It was first submitted to the ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: As for the integration of the responders, I would like to tell the hon. Member that there are many players in disaster response but, as a Ministry--- view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as disaster responders are concerned, we have various departments and agencies that respond to disasters in the country and we must allow all of them to play a role. But as for co-ordination, I will agree with the hon. Member. We have already written to the relevant authority, so that the roles of each department are clearly defined. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes, when it comes to any disasters, should be the one in the centre while various other agencies operate and handle different aspects. This is getting due attention! Communication ... view