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"content": "and in South Eastern countries were opened. This was supposed to be a one off sale, but after they started the sale those factories have continued to operate. In our country, what has facilitated the poaching is the insecurity in this country coupled with excessive illegal firearms of about 700,000 in this country. Secondly, we have corrupt immigration and customs officials; all the ivory goes through our ports and airports. Thirdly, are the penalties which we impose on poachers. Can you imagine that somebody is fined Kshs30,000 for having killed an elephant worth almost Kshs30 million? That actually encourages poaching. What happens is that, he will pay the Kshs30,000, go back and kill another one! What are we supposed to do as a country? One is to repeal the Wildlife Act of 1975, so as to introduce harsh penalties to discourage poaching. What I mean is life sentence for the culprits, if not death sentence. Secondly, we should mop up all illegal firearms in this country. Fourthly, is to motivate the game rangers who are supposed to be protecting the wildlife. Imagine somebody earning Kshs14,000 is protecting an animal worth about Kshs8 million. I think we should do something about that. We should also start benefits-sharing strategy. By that I mean the person living next to the game park should actually see his benefits when he sees a good road in his area, he sees an elephant. When he goes to a health facility around his area and gets medicine, he values a rhino. When he sees his child in school, he sees the rhino and even the elephant which has contributed to his childâs education. Lastly, it is about corruption. How do we stop corruption? That is for every one of us to think about. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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