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    "id": 138746,
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    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, the current Speaker happens to be my Chairman. So, sorry Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In seconding this very important Vote, we realize that this Ministry holds two important departments; the Department of Forests and the Department of Wildlife. It is important that we look critically at these two very important resources. As I speak now, I am in charge of several wildlife; elephants, buffaloes and lions which have run away from the Amboseli National Park and are now in a place called Maparasha catchment area. But the very unfortunate thing is that when livestock move to the national parks, the Ministry and the wildlife people chase away the livestock farmers. This is unacceptable because we co-exist with wildlife. We are the keepers! Pastoralists are the keepers of wildlife ever since this world was created and not people in the cities. It is the people, the land owners, the pastoralists and the ranch owners. So, I would like to plead with the Minister to direct the Director of Wildlife and his team to be kind enough as pastoralists have been so kind to the wildlife by co-existing with the wildlife in our ranches. The second very important aspect in this Ministry is the forest. At the moment, the Mau Forest is a very emotive issue. I would like to suggest that this country or the Government should make a prudent decision to ensure that all forest areas in this country are repossessed and protected and not only the Mau Forest. But for the Mau Forest, we want anybody who is not a bona fide settler to move out of the Mau and only bona fide settlers should be compensated. We should not politicize this issue. It is very important that once a decision is made, it should be implemented. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet made a decision and it should be implemented: That people who are not bona fide settlers, especially the big fish should have been kicked out of the Mau like yesterday. It is only through bold decisions that this country can move forward. The Government must take prudent and bold decisions and ensure that forested areas are protected. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we do not protect the forests, especially the Mau Complex and Lake Victoria even River Nile will eventually dry up and the people downstream, all the way to Egypt, who are dependent on River Nile, will eventually lose their livelihoods."
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