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    "id": 1007098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1007098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Soipan Tuya",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources regarding compensation for human-wildlife conflict in Narok County and other parts of the country. Hon. Speaker, more than 65 per cent of Kenya’s wildlife roam freely from parks and reserves to community and private lands. Wildlife is a national heritage, an asset owned by all Kenyans and more than 75 per cent of our tourism is wildlife-based earning Kenya colossal amounts in revenue annually contributing as the second highest source of foreign exchange and job creation for Kenyans. On the other hand, wildlife has become a walking nightmare and a curse to host communities in Narok and certainly in other affected counties. Countless families continue to lose both loved ones and their hard earned livelihoods due to the rampant human-wildlife conflicts. According to statistics, in a three-year period between 2015 and 2017, more than 500 persons were killed and more than 3,221 injured during which only 10 per cent of the reported cases were compensated. In Narok County, the statistics are even more dismal with the last payments ever made for death dating back to 2014 for less than only 10 per cent of the reported cases while no single case of loss of property, livestock and crops has ever been paid since 2013 when the Wildlife Act was passed. Just a week ago, a 15 year old Form Two student from Motorok, a village in Maji Moto, Narosura Ward in Narok South, one Saruni Naingisa, sadly became part of this statistics when he was trampled to death by an elephant while he watered his family’s tomato shamba at 10.00 a.m. The Wildlife Act, 2013, Section 25, provides for compensation for personal injury, death or damage to property caused by wildlife, clearly stipulating the amount and procedure for payments to affected families, yet we continue to see a total lack of commitment on the part of the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to see through prompt response and compensation to those affected. Anytime there is death or injury to a wild animal, the KWS moves with lightning speed, but when human life is lost, we see total disregard on the part of the KWS for the right to human life. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the following: Could the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife: (i) Provide a detailed report on the current status of compensation for reported cases of death, loss of property, livestock and crops as a result of human-wildlife conflict per county? (ii) Provide a report on the amount of compensation funds budgeted in the current financial period and provide the compensation plan, again, per county? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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