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    "id": 1216320,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1216320/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First and foremost, allow me to condole with the family from Kibwezi that was mentioned by the Senator for Makueni who lost their loved one from human-wildlife conflict. I can confirm to him, Sen. Kinyua together will all the Senators here, that I serve in the Committee that deals with wildlife. Our Committee is broad. We also deal with the forests and the animals that live within the forests. So, I confirm that I am the chairman of the wildlife. I want to commit that my Committee, which is well represented here today, will give the matter the urgency it deserves. Even as we look at this matter, there is a deeper matter that will finally get phased off. When we were looking at the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), there is something that my Committee noted, the Government takes responsibility for all these conflicts between human and wildlife and is aware that claims are supposed to be paid. We now have claims worth Kshs4.2 billion that are supposed to be paid by the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. In their budget they have only provided for Kshs1 billion. Ultimately, that is why you will find claims from five years ago have not been paid. The Ministry says that this time around they are investing, in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, to ensure that they try and reduce the conflict. It is not just about settling claims. Settling claims happens after people have lost their lives and suffered serious bodily harm. The more we reduce the conflict and claims, the better it is for all of us instead of having the Senator and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) come, take responsibility, state what happened and say that they are looking into it yet five years down the line they have not have done anything. He has indicated that had the Kenya"
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