Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit

The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) was created in 1994, as a permanently established statutory government agency, forming part of the Office of the Vice President, charged with the responsibility of ensuring the achievement of the nation’s Disaster Management Objectives.The Unit draws its powers from the Disaster Management ACT No. 13 of 2010. The overall implementation and coordination of all disaster management activities and programmes in the country is done through the DMMU. The Unit exercises its mandate through the National Disaster Management Council of Ministers, Disaster Management Technical Committee of Permanent Secretaries and appropriate broad-based committees at Provincial, District and Satellite levels. The Unit is headed by the National Coordinator, who is at the level of a Permanent Secretary.