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    "id": 1081873,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081873/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I agree with the petitioners because the issue of human-wildlife conflict is real, particularly with the grazers; the zebras, wildebeests and the dik dik. Most farmers who are bordering the national parks and reserves are really suffering. Every year, Parliament sets aside money for compensation of farmers. Last week, Hon. Pukose woke up to ask a Question on the amount of money that had been spent on compensation. It is very painful and it has cost farmers their livelihoods. Very near here in Mavoko, farmers do not harvest because of the grazers and the KWS must do something to compensate them. With these climatic changes, there is very little that can be salvaged from the farms. It is a national concern when the very little that is harvested is destroyed and farmers are not compensated. The Kamba community relies on agriculture as their main source of livelihood. I want to urge the Committee to ensure speedy compensation to those farmers because if one farmer kills a zebra or even a dik dik, they are sent to jail without recourse. We must have a balance between compensation by the KWS and farmers’ benefits. We want to coexist with the animals, but our farms and people are suffering. The Ministry must compensate our farmers."
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