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    "id": 186210,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/186210/?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. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware of the existence of a human-wildlife conflict in the villages around Lake Victoria in Nyakach Constituency. (b) My Ministry is taking necessary steps in regard to cases of human-wildlife conflict in areas around Lake Victoria. First, my Ministry has established a Kenya Wildlife Service station at Homa Bay, headed a warden and wildlife rangers for animal control. Secondly, we have also launched education and awareness programmes through KWS to create awareness and education on animal behaviour and safety measures against wildlife. Those activities are carried out by the warden in Homa Bay. Thirdly, my Ministry, through KWS, has formed a community conflict resolution committee in every district and whose members include chiefs, local leaders and the communities around the lake. Fourthly, it is worth noting that, under the current Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Act, 1989, there is no provision for compensation for crops and property damaged on destroyed by wildlife. A comprehensive review of the Act has, however, been undertaken with a view to making provision for compensation for crops and property damaged or destroyed by wildlife. That legislation, together with the draft wildlife policy, is pending for discussion and subsequent approval by this Parliament."
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