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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we talk about the drying up of the wetlands, the Ministry should be aware of all the wetlands in the country. I come from Ndaragwa. We have the Lake Olbolossat which has dried completely almost to the last drop now. We have not heard the Ministry’s concern on this issue. Right now, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are being settled on the areas of the Lake Olbolossat that have dried up. This means that all of us are now recreating “Mau Complex” in Lake Olbolossat because in a short while we will see that these people have settled in areas where they should not. It will be important for us to get through an eviction programme. It is not right for us not to learn the lessons that we are going through with the Mau Forest. We are seeing the IDPs being exploited by people who were allocated land within the lake. The Ministry is not doing anything about this issue. These people still have the title deeds. They are now selling the land to the IDPs. We are all waiting to go through a similar painful exercise like the one we are having in Mau Forest today. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also important to note that we have hippos in this lake. When they come out, the only thing that the farmers neighbouring it get is that they are compensated for injuries. So, one has to volunteer himself to be injured by the hippos to benefit in any way because once the animals consume horticultural crops grown around the lake, there is no compensation. Nobody will talk to you. In order for one to be heard, he has to be injured for the Ministry to come to his or her rescue. The Ministry requires more staff so that all these areas are manned properly. The Ministry should not just act when these animals are causing havoc to Kenyans. We need these animals to be contained in a good area, so that we reduce the conflict. With those few remarks, I beg support."
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