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    "id": 288911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am rising to seek a Ministerial Statement; I had given notice to the Temporary Deputy Speaker yesterday. I am seeking a Ministerial Statement, even though I notice that the Front Bench is virtually empty, from the Minister in charge of forestry and wildlife. I would like him to tell this House the circumstances in which two women, Susan Wanjiku and Esther Ewoi, were mauled by a lion in Laikipia West this week. This is an incident where the women are still in hospital. He should also tell this House how many other people have been mauled by animals, mainly lions and elephants from this same ranch, that is the Cooky Galman Ranch in Laikipia West. He also needs to tell us what the Ministry is doing to avert such incidents. We would also like to know whether there is policy to compel owners of private ranches that keep wildlife to put electric fences around their ranches to avert human/wildlife conflict. We would also like to know whether the Ministry considers that the laws that are there are adequate, and if not, what it is doing to bring in law and policy to govern management of private wildlife sanctuaries, noting that wildlife belongs to us Kenyans. It is our heritage and individuals should not be benefitting from Kenya’s natural resources, because that is our natural resource and it should benefit the public at large."
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