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    "id": 1046319,
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    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Koske",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kimutai Koske",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to bring to the attention of the House the presence of a leopard having four cubs that is causing havoc in Simbeiywet Village, Bing'wa Location, and Siongiroi Ward of Chepalungu Constituency which I represent. The leopard which was first spotted five months ago has so far killed 10 goats, five donkeys and several dogs while hiding in a nearby sugar-cane farm that is owned by Prof. Simeon Maritim. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have personally been restraining the villagers against confronting the leopard in spite of the mounting losses. However, their patience is gradually wearing out in view of the fact that the continuous danger posed by the leopard that is living in their midst is causing unbearable tension and anxiety. School-going children that are heading to school early in the morning or coming late after preps are doing so in great fear, and the same anxiety has also affected the work in farms because of fear of imminent leopard attack. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Chepalungu Constituency hosts Chepalungu Forest and also neighbours the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and, as a result, human-wildlife conflicts are the order of the day. Despite efforts by myself and other leaders to sensitise our people not to kill wild animals whenever they stray into their farms, the KWS has proven to be unreliable and an impediment in this campaign. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have on numerous occasions approached KWS to trap the leopard and take it back to the forest, but my pleas and advice have fallen on deaf ears. The KWS has never made any effort to trap the animal, nor has it contacted the people who have lost livestock to the leopard with a view to compensating them. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is on account of those concerns that I seek for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the following: 1) Within which specific timelines shall the KWS capture and relocate the leopard and its cubs from the aforementioned residential area in order to forestall the possibility of residents taking the matter into their own hands? 2) What form of compensation will KWS provide for residents who have lost livestock to the marauding leopard and within which timelines shall the compensation be undertaken? 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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