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    "id": 1170297,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1170297/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Surprisingly, the demonstrators were all women. The people who were obviously on the sideline protecting the women were some men, but the demonstrators were women. I was very concerned four hours later to learn that five people had been shot at the same roadblock. It was unnecessary. The Government should have found an opportunity for either the Governor of Kajiado or the Cabinet Secretary in charge of security, Dr. Matiang’i, who later went to Kajiado. Likewise, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Tourism should have gone to the said demonstration to address demonstrators instead of using such excessive force. It was unnecessary because the women who were demonstrating were not armed, but carrying twigs. It is so unfortunate that a demonstration of human-wildlife conflict would end up with five burials. It is even more unfortunate that although they stoned my car indiscriminately, half of the people who were injured ended up in hospitals in Makueni. Mr. Speaker, Sir, action should be taken. More importantly, the Government must be sensitive to the plight of Kenyans. It was quite unfortunate to learn from them that so many weeks after that incident of the elephant killing a lady, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) had not bothered to go to the family. The KWS had not bothered to attend to them. They were obviously angry and rightly so because a government that does not care for its citizens is not a government. Similar incidents have been reported in Makueni, Kitui and Taita-Taveta. I have a case where I am holding brief for a family. A young Form Four student who was found by mistake in the park two years ago was shot to death by KWS officers while on his knees. However, when Kenyans demonstrate that elephants get out of the park and kill people, the result is that five people are dead. It is not right that, in fact, the media managed to make sure that this incident did not find itself anywhere in the press. Nobody knows that five demonstrators on a highway for simply protesting against KWS not taking responsibility for elephants that are roaming around the human habitat as if they have become tourists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement and condemn the action of the police and the belated action by a Government, where they sent Cabinet Secretaries after victims had been killed. The seven victims of the human-wildlife attack have not been compensated and there is no word from the Government on when those victims should be compensated. Since we have agreed as a country that we must have national parks next to human habitats, the Government must take action to ensure these elephants do not cross into human habitats. In a place like Laikipia where Sen. Kinyua comes from, they have built an elaborate corridor for the migration of elephants. They walk around like they are part and parcel of Kenya. However, in places like Kajiado, Taita-Taveta, Kitui and a place called Evingoni Zambale in Makueni, the elephants come out at five O’clock as if they are on a roll call. One of the elephants is named Mwanzia because it walks around at five O’clock."
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