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    "id": 1277734,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1277734/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) David Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the petition by Hon. Kipsanai on Rimoi National Reserve. It is timely. Some of us have national parks within our constituencies in Endebess. We have Mount Elgon National Park. When my people at Kimothon Forest go about their farming activities, many of their crops are destroyed by elephants, monkeys, and warthogs. Unfortunately, many people within Rimoi get injured or killed by elephants, similar to most of us who have national parks. The KWS compensation scheme has not been open and forthcoming. It is shrouded in a lot of secrecy and corruption. When KWS appears before the Committee, let it issue a detailed report on compensations that have been made so far following the human-wildlife conflict within the various areas, including cases that occurred in the last one or two years. I will be happy to know that victims around Mount Elgon National Park, specifically those in Endebess Constituency, are compensated, or I at least get to know when they will be compensated. Many of them have been waiting for compensation. They have spent money on treatment. Some of them have died without getting compensation. It is an unfortunate situation. In the Wildlife Act 2016, we provided that there shall be compensation for injuries sustained and crops destroyed. The Petitions Committee should assist this House and the Kenyan public at large. Thank you."
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