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    "id": 1019681,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to reply. I would like to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Report. It is very unfortunate that we lost 11 black rhinos – a species of animals which is endangered and which is a source of attraction for tourists who enable us as a country to earn foreign exchange. The Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources had an opportunity to interrogate this matter. We invited the former board whose term lapsed. At the time of the death of those rhinos, there was no board in place. Therefore, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife had the responsibility of ensuring that what was supposed to be done by the board was done by the Ministry led by the Cabinet Secretary (CS). This is because the CS delayed the appointment of the new board. It is on the basis of that fact that the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources recommended that the overall responsibility for the death of the rhinos should be taken by the CS for Tourism and Wildlife. The former board had delayed the translocation of the black rhinos because the prevailing conditions in Tsavo were not conducive for those animals for two main reasons. There were drought conditions and the salinity of water. The recommendations of the Committee are very clear. The CS is required to take overall responsibility. The former Principal Secretary for Wildlife who sat on the former board had the responsibility of advising the CS not to approve the translocation because she was privy to the concerns of the former board. Therefore, she should also take responsibility. We also realised that in the allocation of tasks, people were given jobs which were not related to their areas of expertise. A marine ecologist was assigned to be in charge of terrestrial ecosystems, which is a very big mismatch in terms of skills and knowledge. That is partly what was responsible. All the same, the same officer who was on suspension at the time had information on the poor quality of water and he withheld that information. I concur with the Members who have spoken. The recommendations are clear. I call upon the Committee on Implementation to move very fast, given the magnitude of this event and the tragedy we have suffered as a country, to ensure that the recommendations are implemented. I beg to reply."
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