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    "id": 176361,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/176361/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Construction of the fence around the Aberdare National Park has not been halted. The fencing project has been completed. A total of 348 kilometres of electric fence have been completed around the Aberdare National Park, leaving a corridor of 3.5 kilometres, which is supposed to connect the Aberdare ecosystem to the Kipipiri Hill. This will also be fenced to include the Kipipiri Hill. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is already on the ground doing the final touches. Further, a plan is in place to fence the Mount Kenya National Park, which will cover 395 kilometres. This is a project under the Mount Kenya East Pilot Project funded by the Global Environmental Facility, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the KWS. (b) I am aware that the people living in the areas that are not yet fenced risk being attacked by wild animals. My Ministry, through the KWS, has skilled and well equipped rangers based at the trouble areas. The officers provide rapid response to reported cases of wildlife attacks. The teams also carry out regular patrols. To supplement the ground teams, we have rapid response rangers from the Problem Animal Management Unit based at Nanyuki. This team is normally deployed to high conflict zones. An environmental impact assessment for the proposed fence around Mt. Kenya is currently under way. Once it is completed and approved by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the construction will commence under the direction and coordination of the KWS."
}