Pool resources to avert disaster

In 2013, Isiolo woman representative Tiya Galgalo introduced a private members Bill on disaster risk management. The last I heard about the Bill was three years ago when it had gone through the second reading. PHOTO: COURTESY

In 2013, Isiolo woman representative Tiya Galgalo introduced a private members Bill on disaster risk management. The last I heard about the Bill was three years ago when it had gone through the second reading.

The rationale behind the Bill was the creation of an agency that would coordinate all kinds of disasters including drought, fires, disease outbreaks and even problems caused by ethnic conflict. Currently, the National Drought Management Authority only deals with matters of drought and usually gives early warning systems but is not sufficiently funded to ensure eradication of drought in its entirety.