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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Peninah Malonza",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members. I will go straight to the first response. The following are the measures put in place by the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Heritage, through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), to minimise human-wildlife conflict in the country. We have short-term measures that include problem animal control. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, through the Kenya Wildlife Service, has staff in all protected areas and over 156 stations and sub-stations outside parks and reserves. Staff in these areas are responsible for coordinating the management of human-wildlife coexistence in and outside the designated parks and reserves. Considering the country is expansive, areas that are out of reach of established stations and outposts are served by Mobile Problem Animal Control Teams deployed to deal with upsurge in conflicts in specific areas. Secondly, we are collaborating with conservation stakeholders in problem animal control operations such as wildlife drives to ensure that wildlife encroachment into human settlement areas is managed. Thirdly, we are carrying out wildlife drive operations within affected areas. Fourth, we are installing wildlife barriers such as electric and solar-powered fences. Fifth, we are carrying out education exercises and awareness creation to the public and communities. We are assisted by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration working together with chiefs, assistant chiefs, and village elders. Sixth, we are in the process of establishing community conservancies. The KWS has collaborated with conservation partners in the establishment of 215 conservancies in the country. The conservancies have a staff establishment that assists us in managing wildlife outside designated protected areas. Some of the partners also collaborate with us in driving out animals from areas where people live. Seventh, we are providing water as a mitigation measure in parks and reserves. Eighth, we have the problematic wildlife capture and translocation system. The KWS has a fully-fledged Veterinary and Capture Unit that provides veterinary interventions for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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