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    "id": 1353654,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353654/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "I wish to speak to two things. Firstly, there was an amendment to the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013 in 2019, which removed sharks, whales, starfish, stingray and snakes as animals in which compensation is paid. As you correctly noticed, the same was relegated from group A to Group D. What Hon. (Capt) Ruweida has done today is to reinstate an amendment that was expunged from the principal Act of 2013, to appear in this new amendment of 2023. It is unfortunate that snakes were removed from Group A on death and injury, and placed in Group B. I support this Bill. When it comes to the Committee of the whole House, I will move an amendment so that snakes can be reinstated to Group A, as was previously provided under the Act of 2013. The strangest reason those animals, including snakes, were removed was compensation; to bring down the pay-out claims. The KWS was unable to pay the claims. If a Kenyan kills an elephant or a snake today, the KWS will be very fast to prosecute that particular individual. However, it will never compensate a Kenyan who has been killed by an animal, which is ironical. Even the timeline for paying Kenyans who suffer from those killings must be limited by this particular Bill. It is prudent for the amendment to be introduced to provide for specific timelines. Finally, even as we pass these amendments, we must have proper budgetary allocations. Members of this House must know that the KWS does not compensate out of nothing. This House must appropriate enough money so that Kenyans who suffer from those consequences are compensated properly. Where I come from, Marakwet West, we have a problem with elephants and snakes. However, the last person was compensated in 2017. Justice must not only be done, but also seen to be done."
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