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    "id": 358132,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358132/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "In 1973, Kenya had 167,000 elephants. In 1989, it was reduced by poachers to 6,000. During the same period, our rhino population in this country was 20,000. It was reduced to less than 3,000 rhinos during the same period. Through Government measures and commitment from the international community, this trend was reversed. Today, this country has 38,000 elephants, the fourth largest population in the world. Also, it has about 1,025 rhinos, which is the third largest population on earth. This population of the elephants and rhinos needs to be protected as our national heritage as well as a major driver of our economic pillar for the tourism sector if we are to realize our Vision 2030. The demand for ivory and rhino horns is currently very high in South East Asian countries, where particularly in China, ivory horn is very high on demand while in Vietnam, the rhino horn is very much in demand. The current poaching situation in Kenya is very pathetic. In 2007, we lost 47 elephants, in 2011; 211 elephants; in 2012, 384 elephants and in the last four months of this year, we have lost 74 elephants. In the last three years we have lost a total of 1000 elephants in this country. The criminals involved in poaching are highly organized, sophisticated and of international nature."
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