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    "id": 1075669,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Sometimes I am ashamed because if you go to Kajiado, Narok, and maybe Taita Taveta and Samburu, you will find people who come from abroad from the United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands, the United States of America (USA), forming some sort of compensation committees where they raise money from their countries, so that when a human being is attacked by a lion, instead of the Maasai going to kill the lion, you are told that you will be given Kshs5 million. What is Kshs5 million? I have also seen the figure of Kshs5 million here. It is proposed that if a human being is killed, you give them Kshs5 million as compensation. Will Kshs5 million compensate for a life for someone who you were lucky to have, but just because of negligence, that person is taken away? Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that my good friend will consider adding the following amendments. The first one is creating a wildlife corridor of a radius of about 10 kilometres so that you have about 10 kilometres from the gates. Let me tell you what is happening in Narok today. People – some of them are Members of this House, others are Cabinet Secretaries and other politicians – have gone to Narok to purchase land. They buy land next to the park and put electric fences all the way to the Mara River. When a wildebeest tries to cross because it does not want to graze in a place where the grass is high and goes to a place that has been destroyed by domestic animals, it is hit by the electric fence and dies. If you traverse the County of Narok by air, you will be shocked by carcasses of dead animals, most of them killed by the electric fence. If you really want to have an electric fence, why do you have to buy land next to the park? I think certain regulations should come in place that no one should be allowed to build any house next to the park. Earlier on, I heard Sen. Cherargei talking about a gentleman who built a camp in the migration corridor. That gentleman constructed a park in a place that was further from where the crossing happens. However, because of the degradation of our land, when it rained and we safeguarded the Mau Forest, all of a sudden, there was a lot of water. What happened is that there was no water in the place that had been destroyed, and the animals could not cross there. So, they moved up. Since that person was at the right place, we need to look at all human activities because the more we destroy the park, the more we destroy wild animals and the more people will be attacked by them when they are looking for a place to run to. Therefore, human activities must also be taken into consideration as a way of safeguarding domestic and wild animals that we all depend on. Finally, on the issue of compensation, I just want to reiterate as follows. Sen. Mwaruma should consider limiting the period from twelve months to immediately because that can help. Why not test the waters? Why not bring a further amendment calling for Tsavo National Park and Amboseli National Park to go back to the county governments and do public participation as we are required in all pieces of legislation? You will find that on that particular time, and I am sure Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. will tell you in most cases in this Parliament when we do public participation, you will find that only one citizen appears."
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