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    "id": 114419,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114419/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to support the Motion. In his address to the nation, His Excellency the President raised some very fundamental issues regarding the proposed policies or Bills that the Government intends to bring before this House. One of them is the Tourism Bill. This morning, you witnessed that there was a lot of interest on issues regarding wildlife and conservation. I think that a Tourism Bill is long overdue. We have waited for years for the so-called “Wildlife Management Conservation (Amendment) Bill. It has been in the offing since the last Parliament, but it has never seen the light of the day. So, if the Tourism Bill is brought to this House, it will address some of the concerns that hon. Members of this House raised this morning. There is a lot of wildlife poaching. You cannot divorce wildlife from tourism. Those are very inter-related issues. It has come out very clearly from this House that communities that live with wildlife in the so-called “protected areas” need to have a bigger say in the management of wild animals. It is, therefore, my wish that, in the proposed Tourism Bill, communities that have tourist sites be given a very big mandate to manage them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, more importantly, we should ensure that benefits accruing from wildlife conservation and tourism activities trickle down to the communities themselves. As you heard this morning, in some areas, those communities view wildlife as a liability rather than an asset. That is because the benefits, if any, are so minimal. Therefore, that Bill is long overdue and we look forward to supporting it. The other proposed Bill that His Excellency the President mentioned in his Address is the Election Bill. It is supposed to instill internal democracy and confidence in the electoral process in Kenyan. The proposed Election Bill should also address issues of political parties and democracy. You will agree with me that we would have finished the"
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