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    "id": 1050182,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Khaniri, this afternoon has brought an important issue before this House. He has requested the Statement under Standing Order No. 47(1). The beauty of our new Standing Orders is that it gives you the liberty to direct it to a particular Committee to handle. In your consideration, I agree with those who have said that this is not just an issue to do with wildlife but Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), which is the main culprit that should be invited to whatever Committee it shall be referred to. Then the managing director can give a commitment in writing before the Senate on the duration of time he needs before he can repair the loosely hanging wires. Losing 11 giraffes, I do not know, but Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., will know better, hustlers like us would not know the cost of a giraffe. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who keeps lions will be better placed to know the cost of such animals. For people like Sen. Murkomen, the best you can ask them is material things like phones and cars. However, for natural heritage; the most expensive and the best of God’s creation, you ask princes like Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. That is beside the point. As a country, we have not been fair to our animals. Each year, this country rakes in billions of Kenya Shillings, which is taxpayers’ money that we use to pay our doctors, teachers, Members of Parliament and run our Government. It is out of people who come to this this country to visit the wildlife in Maasai Mara and our national parks, yet we cannot do the simplest of duties that the animals would expect of us, that we will give them a decent and safe environment, where they can live peacefully and enjoy their life. This is unfair. As a House, we must treat this matter with the seriousness it deserves when you invite the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, who I believe is equally The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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