Thread by @DisasterKenya

@NMS_Kenya @StateHouseKenya On 6/10/20 Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off recovered Emergency Response vehicles that had been grounded for several years. These were meant to aid service delivery under the NMS. But, forgot to flag off brains supposed to compliment the same ? Thread.

Even without accounting for the COVID-19 pandemic, itself an opportunity for the well connected to fleece us. Disasters in waiting form the biggest chunk of the ever growing crises waiting to plague Nairobi County & her susceptible areas. But who cares ?

This vulnerability continues to remain misunderstood, yet it includes a critical combination of various aspects @NMS_Kenya is poorly equipped to address. This including & not being limited to Nairobi's built environment, governance, & underlying social vulnerabilities.

Long story short, @NMS_Kenya needs to embark on urgent Disaster Risk Mgmt reform, with a goal of ultimately simplifying our responses to the increasingly complex disasters, waiting to happen & that continue being ignored.

1. Conduct an Immediate Review
The first step is to define the scope of the problem. To this end, @NMS_Kenya should conduct an immediate review of @annkananu_ Disaster Risk Mgmt circus under @MikeSonko & align it to @InteriorKE National Programs if any.

If such an @InteriorKE program doesn't exist, which after @FredMatiangi killed NDOC, it doesn't. Seek assistance from relevant agencies to redress redundancy & inertia in the @annkananu_ circus programs, & embark on interim actions to ensure more timely response to emergencies.

2. Create a Multidisciplinary Team
The complexity of disasters inherently requires a diversity of perspectives. The process of improvement should be guided by a multidisciplinary team to develop Nairobi's comprehensive Disaster Risk Mgmt program.

This team should include State & County field specific Professionals, emergency managers, representatives from Govt agencies, critical infrastructure partners, disaster researchers, & citizens from would be affected communities.

It should be charged with providing recommendations that include legislative action, executive action, & programmatic changes to consolidate & align disaster management to reverse the trends of growing disaster effects.

3. Establish Metrics for Investments in Readiness
Since there been zero moves Nationally to incentivize preparedness, & we don’t really know what that means, nor how much of our taxes is already being spent by both National & County Govts on DRM.

It is critical to design metrics for measuring & reporting all investments in disaster prep'dness & mitigation to better inform policies that incentivize investments in resilience.
This should applicable to all investments to better inform understanding of disaster consequences.

4. Expand Current Strategies to Simplify Disaster Coordination
Comprehensive disaster reform will require executive action as well as legislation & a culture shift in the way we prepare both as a Nation & as Nairobi County.

@NMS_Kenya Is faced with the urgency of this reality with increasing disasters & the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but also has a unique opportunity to build the foundation for a more resilient future. Maj. Gen M.A. Badi, the ball is on your court.

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