Efficacy of disaster management practices in the Kenya national assembly and the senate
Abstract
Disaster management involves education and training of officials, population and all
intervention teams as well as establishment of policies, guidance, standards,
organizational arrangements and operational plans to be applied following the disaster.
The aim of the study was to assess efficacy of disaster management practices in the
Kenya National Assembly and the Senate. Objectives of the study were to assess the
effectiveness of disaster management facilities, to determine the level of disaster
management training, to evaluate the level of compliance to disaster management policies
and to find out the nature of disaster response mechanisms put in place. The nature of the
study was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study examined the respondents who
were selected using random sampling drawn from the possible population of 220 staff
working in the National Assembly and the Senate in Kenya. The population of the study
consisted of the staff working in both the Parliament and the Senate. The data was
collected and gathered from both primary and secondary sources of information. Data
collected was mainly quantitative and analyzed by descriptive analysis techniques using
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The data was presented in form of pie charts,
histograms and bar graphs. The study found that disaster occurred around parliament
buildings and that available facilities within were effective in disaster management. The
study also established that disaster management training was offered to the staffs in both
the chambers. Further, the study established that, to a great extent occurrence of various
disasters in the parliament and the country in general affect the level of disaster
management equipment in parliament buildings. In addition, Parliament complies with
the disaster policies to a very great extent and that parliament considers development of
rules and regulations to reduce disaster occurrences and policies in order to strengthen
disaster management institutions. Finally, the study revealed that the nature of disaster
response mechanisms in the parliament buildings was moderate and stakeholders of
disaster response mechanisms in parliament buildings are Parliament Staff and
Government Agencies.
Publisher
University of Nairobi