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    "id": 1021397,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Nasri Ibrahim",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13173,
        "legal_name": "Nasri Sahal Ibrahim",
        "slug": "nasri-sahal-ibrahim"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the former board of trustees had created two positions, namely, Advisor to the Director-General, then occupied by Mr. Mark Jenkins, and the Chief Operating Officer, then occupied by Ambassador Nehemiah Rotich, reporting directly to the board in violation of the principles of good governance. However, the Cabinet Secretary has since abolished the position acknowledging its significance and culpability in regard to the mismanagement of the translocation exercise. It was observed that the head of ecology monitoring at KWS, Dr. Mohamed Omar - since then suspended - failed to provide the water quality assessment report to the translocation team to help them make informed decisions which amounted to sabotage. I support the Committee’s recommendation for the Director of Criminal Investigations to investigate him and his counterparts, namely, the head of veterinary services and the head of capture services for withholding crucial information that could have aided the translocation. From the submissions, it was evident that the former board of trustees had declined the translocation of the free range rhinos to the restricted sanctuary citing high salinity levels in the water and unfavourable habitat conditions. The Ministry officials presided over the translocation exercise with regard to the weather conditions, habitat and ecological assessment whose results had indicated negative survival rates at the Tsavo East National Park due to reported habitat situation, prevailing drought and water salinity level. It was further noted that the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 47 of 2013 was enacted without a policy document hence bringing about challenges in implementing the law. The repealed Section 3B of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act, Cap.376, removed the Director of Wildlife Conservation and the Director of Veterinary Services from the membership of the board of trustees hence affecting the board’s capacity to make informed decisions on matters regarding all animals’ welfare, disease control and salinity. This led to the poisoning and eventual demise of the 11 rhinos. I support the Report."
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