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    "id": 1019673,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me, at the outset, to support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the issues that they have raised on the inquiry into the death of the 11 black rhinos. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what we are seeing from the Report, is exactly what Hon. Nyikal has said. I want to put it in stronger terms! It is negligence and failure to take responsibility of your own duties. We do not expect an institution like this to run without a board. That is what we found out. We do not expect an institution like this to haphazardly employ wrong people for the good job available yet in Kenya, we do not have deficiency in terms of manpower. This should be condemned. I would equally go a notch higher and suggest that they be surcharged for the death of those rhinos. When rhinos are alive, they serve as tourist attractions and they hold a future for generations to come. We will now live with that reality. They are not there and we cannot just say it will continue in that manner. This happened! The institution is using the wrong rule and it is behaving like the jungle itself. We must condemn it and ask the Committee on Implementation chaired by the great man, Hon. ole Kenta, to sit down and read it again when it comes to his desk, and make sure that the recommendations in this Report are effected. Just like the many other Reports that we have passed in this House, let us make sure that what has been put in the Report is not just for the sake of debating on the Floor. This is the life of our country. The life of our country belongs to the attractions that we have, the natural fauna and flora that we have. Once we destroy this, as many have said… The other day, Citizen TV was showing a camp that was built that stopped the migration of wildebeest. Who else has the eighth wonder of the world at the Maasai Mara? This is the corridor which we are proud of. If we are going to obstruct the natural flora and fauna, we are definitely going the wrong way. Look at what has happened. Two days ago, the Government of Uganda and that of Tanzania signed an agreement on pipeline worth trillions of shillings. I have a background in petroleum. It is a shame that we lost that kind of contract. We must tell our leadership that this should not be the case. We should have tamed and brought it to this country for the sake of our future generations. Since that is gone, 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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