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    "id": 1075649,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "have the national Government do the same, so that we prevent the human-wildlife conflict? We can do so. This is because we are making a lot of money from these parks. I do not know whether Sen. Olekina knows. There are two White Rhinos in Maasai Mara. One is called Kofi Annan and the other one is called Queen Victoria. These two white rhinos are protected by six rangers. You know those good gentlemen. I went to the Maasai Mara in 2015 and found them there. I went there last year and found these people. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you have not gone to see these two White Rhinos, you will take a picture next to them. These people walk around with these Rhinos, day and night. Whether it is raining or not, they are with these two Rhinos. People pay a lot of money just to go and look for them in the bush because they do not live in a fenced area. This money ought to benefit the communities that live around the parks. That is the solution Tanzania has found to the human-wildlife conflict. Involve the community. Pour in some of the money that you are making from the parks, so that the persons who guard this wildlife from getting into human settlements are the beneficiaries themselves. That is the secret. However, because we get nothing out of the parks, nobody bothers. If you drive to Mombasa, you will find that at some point somewhere around Voi you will be stopped because sometimes the elephants just come to Mombasa Road to sit on the road. Until they move, you cannot go anywhere. If you are not careful, some of the elephants, the black ones that come from Amboseli become very dangerous at night. Therefore, Sen. Mwaruma, has a course for the people of Taita Taveta who have been made poor by people who are making money from parks. Sometimes I feel sorry for Taita Taveta. It has the biggest mines. People are mining in Taita Taveta and nothing is being ploughed into the community. The largest game parks are in Taita Taveta. Nothing is going to the community. The biggest sisal plantations are in Taita Taveta yet nobody is benefitting. Taita Taveta should not be poor. We support because we want the people of Taita Taveta, Makueni and everywhere there is a park to have the benefit. We must feel proud that we are hosting animals. There is nowhere in this Constitution that says Kenya belongs to Kenyans and wildlife. We are hosting the wildlife and they not hosting us, both in Taita Taveta and Makueni. Therefore, we should not pay the price for wildlife being amongst us. If a Kenyan is found in the park just collecting firewood, they are charged Kshs200, 000 on the spot apart from the assault. I am defending a young man, a form four, who was shot on his knees by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officers in Tsavo last year. It is an inquiry which I am following. When somebody is injured in the park or injured in their residences outside the park, it takes 10 years to compensate them. What sort of country treats its citizens like that? it is unfortunate. Therefore, I think we must read the Riot Act to hon. Najib Balala, the Cabinet Secretary, that, if he cannot perform, he better resign. This is a fellow who cannot see the bush from a tree. That is why you would rather say, let us privatize the park instead of"
}