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    "id": 230094,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I wish to also oppose this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all of us agree that this Parliament, in the last few months, has done an excellent job in passing a number of Bills, Motions and Committee work but we could do more if we control our calendar. I would like to take this opportunity to request this Government to operationalise the laws that we passed as hon. Ndung'u mentioned earlier on, like the Sexual Offences Act. The Forest Bill was passed, I believe, last year but it has not been operationalised and that means our District Commissioners are still in charge of the forests. Our people have no opportunities to participate in benefiting from the products of the forests. I would like to request the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, hon. Dzoro, before he leaves the House, to abolish the Steering Committee he set up to review the Wildlife Act. I wish the hon. Minister could listen but I can see he his not interested! The Steering Committee that is going around the country seeking views from Kenyans on the new law is not seeking views but imposing biased views on what they think should be the new law. The Committee itself is divided. There are those who feel that wildlife should not be touched; that wildlife should be treated like some kind of domestic animals. I would like the Minister to understand that this Committee is now divided. One party is against conservation of wildlife while another, which is representing NGOs, has a separate view and they go around the country influencing communities instead of seeking their views. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that Committee is biased and should be abolished and the Minister should set up a Committee of experts who are not biased. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the question of security, I would like to draw the attention of the Minister of State for Administration and National Security to contain crime, particularly in Laikipia. In Laikipia, particularly the Rumuruti-Maralal Road is now a no-go zone because heavily armed bandits in groups of 20 have set up toll stations to rob passengers almost daily. In fact, last Saturday, they killed the wife of the Mayor of Maralal in cold blood and injured her husband. The insecurity situation in Laikipia is out of hand. These gangs are known and the Government should take action because it has the capacity but they lack the will to contain that situation. On Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), it has been revealed that from January, it will accept only branded cattle. That is against justice. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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