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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Poaching has been an issue that the Government needs to take stern measures against. If you looked at hon. Ganya when he was moving his Motion, he said that the Government declared poaching in the country a disaster. When a Government declares anything a disaster, there are some measures which are supposed to be taken by the Government, so that it can address the situation once and for all. The Motion is vital but again do we go back to where the Government would again declare poaching of wild animals a disaster without taking the necessary measures? I want to agree with hon. Ganya when he gave a few suggestions as the way forward; the first one that he mentioned was amendment of the law. As hon. Nyikal said, there is a lot of corruption; we have to provide for a 15-year imprisonment term or a Kshs10 million fine or both, as indicated by hon. Ganya. We also need to take action against other people who may be involved. As we were told, there are other people within KWS who are involved due to the corrupt nature of some employees. Wildlife trophies are also passed on to other countries through our ports of exit like the sea port of Mombasa and our international airports. Therefore, if we take drastic measures, there might be a reduction in poaching. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I want to comment on what has been said on financing of KWS. I want to agree that as much as we would want to finance KWS, it is not enough for us to finance the organisation. That is a secondary measure. The primary measure that we need to consider is what hon. Ganya indicated regarding punitive measures. The other bit is increasing the capacity of game rangers and other personnel. I want to agree with hon. Ganya that public involvement in neighbourhoods where poaching takes place is very important. As we employ game rangers, we also need to consider---"
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