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    "id": 1239085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1239085/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "This problem is not only in Embu County. So, I would argue the Committee to look at it from a wider perspective. Elephants are romping freely. They are entering many farmlands in Tana River County. As I speak, people have sacrificed a lot to get seeds and to put them on the ground, yet the elephants are moving all over the farms. They are taking people back to a state of poverty when they were expecting that they would have food security. There is a serious menace of elephants, not only in the Tana River delta where Garsen Constituency is, but also in Galole Constituency. Maybe it is time that the Committee explored the possibility of returning the elephant culling in Kenya. We should have seasonal culling of these elephants. The elephants have become so bad that people are just tired of them. In the past when we shouted and gestured at them, they would run away. However, these elephants of today still come for you even if you sing those traditional songs for them. It is time we allowed a change of Government to enable official culling of elephants. I hope the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) is listening to us. We are tired of their animals. They are of no benefit to us in Tana River County. We are completely tired of them. Come, pick them and take them to your parks. May the Committee make a very strong recommendation because we do not want these elephants in our county at all. I join Sen. Munyi Mundigi in asking the Government to chase away these elephants back to the parks or we just ask for seasonal culling like they do in other countries. I thank you."
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