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    "content": "national parks are protected, not by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) but by land owners. If he says that livestock cannot be tolerated--- Ironically, the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife is a veterinarian by profession, but I see that he has no love for livestock. The pastoral communities want to put the record straight: there should be a very good policy on how wildlife and livestock can co- exist. I have gone through the Report of the Departmental Committee that was tabled this afternoon and seen one of the issues raised at the Committee’s proceedings. When the Minister appeared before the Committee, he pleaded with the Committee to assist the Ministry in fixing poor policies and practices in the Ministry. I want to believe that some of those poor policies and practices relate to the way wildlife and livestock do co-exist. If we go ahead to say that we are going to reclaim lost wildlife migratory corridors, I want to believe that this Ministry knows that it has not been consistent in the policies, or the directives, it has been giving about Mau Forest. So, first of all, before they reclaim wildlife migratory corridors, let them reclaim the lost Mau Forest, because it is under their Ministry. If we say that there will be no livestock in the National Parks, then they should also ensure that there will be no single wild animal outside those parks. We have had drought and famine in the past years but we want to say that it is very unfortunate that this is the first time we have not, as pastoralists, co-existed peacefully with the wildlife community. This is not the first drought. This is not the first difficult time we have experienced as the pastoral community; something must have gone wrong. I want to squarely blame the Minister, because over the last many years, there have been droughts and famines. Pastoral communities have been affected, but we have always somehow co-existed peacefully with the wildlife community. What has changed now is only the Minister in the Ministry. The KWS management, right from the Director of KWS to the wardens in the national parks, have not changed. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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