Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1047351,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1047351/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 334,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
    },
    "content": "One of the biggest human-wildlife conflicts has been with elephants. This has been witnessed in Taita Taveta, Makueni, Kitui, Meru and many other counties in the country. This has not been resolved. I believe through this Policy we will come up with a system and budget to ensure conservation areas are well secured and fenced. Also, ensure animals do not kill people every other day. You know a life is very precious. The question is; who is more important, the animal or human being. We have to have a balance so as to ensure the animals and human beings are safe. One of my disappointments in all these matters of wildlife – and I am sure the Chair and Members will assist me on this – is the issue of snakebites. A snake has now been removed from the schedule and in the lower eastern areas among other areas, at least every year we lose about 450 people. So, in this policy if we had a system or if we could consider bringing back the snake as one of the animals one could be compensated for in the schedule, it will be better so that the wildlife team comes up with a better way of securing snakes for the right purposes so that also snakes do not kill people. Snakebites are very dangerous especially from certain species of snakes. I have learnt from doctors and scientists that nowadays they are even unable to treat snakebites because snakes have crossbred and snakes which never used to be there are coming up. We even do not have anti-venom for their poison. So, with this particular problem together with other problems surrounding this, we really need to come up with solutions because you can see that is nature and things have changed. So, I am going to work with the Chairman and his team so that we can serve our people better. Removing snakes one of the compensation animals was really unfair to many Kenyans and a lot of families have suffered. Last week I helped a young child of six years only who got a very dangerous snakebite. Doctors were on strike and actually there were two other incidents of school- going children dying. It is painful when we lose a person out of snakebites and there is no compensation. We need to have a better way of managing it and coming with medication to make sure this human-wildlife conflict does not affect people further and we give solutions as a House. I really thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
}