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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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        "legal_name": "Murungi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make a brief comment on the first Statement by the Senator for Taita Taveta, Sen. Mwaruma. There has been no recruitment of wildlife rangers in this country since 2016. This is a fact because I have followed the wildlife menace in my county. When I talked to the KWS officers and their county bosses, they told me lack of enough personnel is the challenge they have. So, for the last seven years, there has been no recruitment by KWS Mr. Speaker, Sir, later on, KWS recruited 5,500 community scouts. To my dismay, these scouts were stopped from working and now they are trying to see if they can recruit new rangers. There is no rationale of recruiting when we have already 5,500 experienced scouts who have been in the system, but now they have been sent home. Mr. Speaker, Sir, human/wildlife conflict is on the rise in the country. You will find that elephants are on the loose in the whole of Taita Taveta, Kitui, Meru and all the way to Isiolo. In Meru, we have a population of more than 600 elephants which harass farmers in their farms. To me, this is a very important Statement which should be handled in the shortest time possible. As the chairperson of the Liaison Committee, I want to advise the chairpersons of the other committees that there are so many Statements lying there and people are suffering out there. If those Statements can be prioritized, then Kenyans can get support from the Government with the timeliness that it deserves. We will be encouraging them in our meetings that two or three weeks are enough to expedite with Statements so that they get dispensed with it and these scouts can be sent back to where they were working before the recruitment of rangers. I do not know whether the best thing is to have these scouts continue working and be recruited as KWS rangers instead of getting fresh recruits and taking them to Manyani. I support this Statement and I am happy that Sen. Mwaruma brought it. I had targeted this issue. Kindly notify me when the Statement will be answered by the respective Committee so that we can handle this business properly. I thank you."
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