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"content": "Let me begin by saying that poaching in this country is like drug trafficking. Unless we get to the root cause of the problem, we cannot solve it. Can KWS stop poaching? Yes, they can. However, due to corruption and the huge sums of money involved in poaching, KWS may not stop this problem. Most of the hon. Members who have spoken have talked about equipping our game rangers. These people are well equipped. In fact, game rangers have better cars, better guns and better camps than police officers. If you tell me that 600 pieces of ivory have been transported from, say, Masai Mara, where I come from, to Mombasa without being detected, with all the roadblocks along the way, I will call that a lie. We can only stop this illegal business if the security apparatus gets to the bottom of the matter. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I come from Narok West Constituency, which is within the Masai Mara Game Reserve â home to the Seventh Wonder of the world. It is good for hon. Members to know that members of the Maasai community are not involved in managing wildlife. How can they detect poachers when they get to Masai Mara Game Reserve, and the Maasai people living in that area are not involved in the management of this natural resource? The Maasai people do not eat wild meat, but it is good for hon. Members to know that people come all the way from Indonesia and elsewhere to kill wildlife there, simply because the communities living in that area have not been given the opportunity to conserve the wildlife. When you hear about Indonesia and Far East countries---"
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