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    "id": 1075612,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "This then calls for an almost compulsory insurance by the game parks. The levy that we are talking about of 5 per cent cannot adequately compensate people. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., told me that in his area, Makueni, out of every five deaths, two are from snake bites. How are you going to compensate people from such a meagre available resource that is available for this purpose? We need insurance and reinsurance so that it can foot the bills of compensation when we have these kinds of situations. Sen. Mwaruma will be guided to propose that insurance be mandatory for all these game parks, game reserves, conservancies and so on, and so forth. You will remember the case, two or three years ago where a Japanese tourist in Naivasha who was excitedly taking pictures of a hippopotamus. The hippopotamus sprang from the water and sliced her into pieces, killing her instantly. That kind of tourist compensation is heavy. The 5 per cent levy that we are talking about will not be enough to compensate such a tourist if they come from those big families with massive wealth that we know of. This is because insurance is a very complex process. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I support the Bill, I want to say one or two things that concern wildlife and the management of our game parks. I saw a very curious statement from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Tourism and Wildlife. He intends to privatize our game parks. On whose authority? Who has protested the current structure of ownership of our game parks? Who does he want to privatize them to? Has he carried out public participation? Has he sought the views of Kenyans from all walks of life? We have the Maasai Mara National Reserve that has done very well. We have game parks and game reserves that are domiciled in counties. If the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of the national Government is unable or tired of running these game parks, it should pass them on to county governments. You cannot just wake up and say that you are going to privatize our game parks. Privatize them to who? Privatization of public assets that end up to private individuals is the charade we keep on having in this country. When you lift the veil, as lawyers would say, you will find that perhaps the person talking of privatizing has vested interest in it. He is going to end up owning our very choice assets in the country. If Amboseli National Park is a burden to the National Government, pass it to Kajiado County. If Tsavo National Park is a burden to the National Government, give it to Taita Taveta County. If Kitui South National Park or what is it called, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.? There is one in Kitui County bordering Tana River County; pass them on to the county governments to run them. There is Meru National Park where the same thing is happening. Kora National Park, the one in Samburu and Laikipia conservancies and the open fields where people go and enjoy. If you cannot man them, give them to the county governments. Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot just be excited about this idea of privatization when we know that what we privatize is already not working. Mumias Sugar Company was doing very well when the Government was owning and running it. Look at the sorry state of Mumias Sugar Company after privatization. It has gone to the dogs and many others. We can cite all of them."
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