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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Compensation is compensation if it is prompt and adequate. Otherwise, those other things that are not prompt and adequate are not compensation. We cannot purport to put some numbers that make no sense to somebody whose potential and in life could be anything; from Isaac Newton to any other person. What makes other people think that Isaac Newton before he travelled to that part of the world was not from Taita Taveta, he may have been well from that place and a future one may come from there or maybe Maasai. This kind of pieces of legislation require a global approach. We must not have Statutes that are designed to keep wildlife in a manner that does not protect and defend the lives of our people. The only thing you have that you do not buy and nobody can sell to you is your life. Nobody should come anywhere, including here and tell us that we must keep wildlife if it is killing everybody. That, if you are killed, you cannot get compensation. Assuming some python visited the President when he goes to Migingo, what will you do to that python? Is the life of the President more important than the life of my brother, Sen. Kibiru? Absolutely not! Since Sen. Kibiru will be President soon in our lifetime; if he is killed now, when will he be President? Madam Temporary, Speaker, I conclude by supporting this amendment. It is the spirit, particularly to the extent that it is proposing that we add the amount of compensation given to people. That we expedite the timelines within which it is made available. We increase the net when it comes to the wildlife that are capable of causing harm to people. We must ensure that it happens. For this nation to continue keeping wildlife, it must be made beneficial to people who are most affected by their presence. That is a good spirit. I conclude by saying that, if it is not done, I will pray and others will, that God deals with the animals. You might just find that they have died, so what will you do? It is important for us to do something that will save them other than waiting for extra- terrestrial intervention. Thank you and I support my colleague."
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