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    "id": 1075653,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to support Sen. Mwaruma’s amendment to the existing law. You have noticed that all the speakers are in support of this amendment. They are in support of improving the relationship between the animals and those affected by their being hosted in their counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think this is one piece of legislation- the primary that Sen. Mwaruma seeks to amend- that Karl Max talked about; that, certain pieces of legislations are put in place to exploit others. In fact, this is exploitation of poor Kenyans. If you notice the rich world or the rich parts of the wild, they do not even have wildlife. They are the ones trying to tell us to keep them they do not have it. In fact, somebody should find out why they do not have it and they come to our countries purporting that we will get money from keeping wildlife and that from that money we live better. If you look at this piece of legislation, it was probably passed by majority of Kenyans. Most people tend to live in highly populated areas. They live somewhere in central, Nyanza, Western Kenya, Mombasa and other places. They do not live in Taita Taveta, Maasai Mara and these sparsely populated areas. If you look at Taita Taveta County, you will find that the number of Members of Parliament are so few that they cannot make a bent when it comes to amending legislation. This is a situation where majority Members of the Senate and National Assembly must take responsibility. We cannot use our majoritarian numbers wherever we come from to oppress few people and poor people. We must look at this issue, eyeball to eyeball and do what must be done."
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