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    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "we had in the previous records cannot be shared with the incoming officers. That makes me support the issue of having the PS and the CS held personally responsible for whatever happened. I think we even need to go further. When it goes to the Committee on Implementation, they need to say what it is when we say that we are holding them responsible. What is it that Parliament is doing to them? What is it that we want them to be held responsible for? How? Is it a vote of no confidence? Is it having them pay for those 11 rhinos? What is it? I think that needs to be further defined. When you say we are holding them personally responsible, it should be a deterrent measure that never again should something like that happen in this country. Just as Hon. ole Kenta was putting it, a foreigner built a camp, on the path that has been followed for years by the migrating wildebeests from Serengeti to Maasai Mara, causing a stampede that led to the loss of quite a number of wildebeests. What has the Ministry of Tourism done to deter that kind of behaviour and hold those people who did that responsible for whatever happened? This is something that is going to deny this country that spectacle and the eighth wonder of the world because of somebody who built his camp on the way where the wildebeests have been migrating through over years. It is high time the KWS is restructured in terms of how many veterinary doctors it recruits. How many is it recruiting? It even needs scientists who get involved in the management of the various animals. It is actually a force and not a service because the behaviour especially of KWS officers in Mount Elgon National Park, which is in my constituency, has been wanting because, more often than not, you will find that whenever those officers meet wananchi, they beat them up. They go as far as harassing people who are carrying out their day-to-day activities. Their behaviour has been quite wanting. So, I think it is high time we got professionalism in the KWS and CS Balala, his PS and the CAS, who is the former Inspector-General of Police, must be in the lead. They should inculcate some element of good discipline and service especially on how wildlife can interact with the communities within those areas. With those few remarks, I support."
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