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    "id": 1279121,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279121/?format=api",
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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": "On Question (iii), my response is as follows: The Ministry has not undertaken a definite audit or investigation of the HWCs particularly those resulting from elephant damages. However, the Ministry does a replica of the audit by recording and verifying all incidences and updates in its KWS database and the data is kept by the Ministry at KWS as HWCs situational reports (SITREP). Just to finalise on that question, I would also want to inform you that I have a summary of HWCs in the entire Kitui County from 2017 to 2023 as asked by the Hon. Member. In total, we have seven deaths, 103 human injuries, 58 human threats, 155 crop destruction, predation of 155 and property damage of two. On Question (iv), and the final question, Section 25 of Wildlife Conservation Management Act (WCMA), 2013 and the miscellaneous amendments to the WCMA, 2013 of January 2019, provides for compensation for personal injury or death or damage to property. The Ministry will pay victims of HWC from Mwingi Central especially from Ukasi, Musovo, Kiwanza, Miuni, Sosoma and Ngooni areas in Kitui County alongside other areas in that county from July 2023. We have allocated Ksh52 million to be paid and the payment started yesterday and today for this particular county. We will have a small balance of Ksh69 million which will be paid for the years running from 2017 to 2023 with Ksh1.1 billion allocated for this year. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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