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    "id": 294070,
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenyan individual communities and group members are currently benefitting from conservation without bearing the cost of wildlife conservation. However, due to the lack of conservancy regulations under the current Wildlife Act, the benefits that are accrued are not streamlined in a uniformed and adequate framework to fully benefit the surrounding communities. It is the Government, through allocations from Treasury that bears the cost of deaths and injuries caused by negative interactions between wildlife and people. My Ministry will, therefore, compensate the victims mentioned above for loss of life and injuries as currently provided for by the law. As the law currently stands, there is no compensation for livestock, crops or property damaged or destroyed by wildlife and payments of medical bills incurred by persons injured or killed by wildlife. My Ministry has in this respect taken action to initiate a review of Cap.376 of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act of 1989 with a view to explore sustainable and realistic options for compensation for wildlife damages. The draft Wildlife Bill and legislation has, in this respect, been forwarded to the Cabinet and is awaiting discussion and subsequent approval by this House. The proposed policy and Bill further makes provisions that require registering all wildlife"
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