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"content": "Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to begin by thanking my friend, hon. Chachu, for bringing this very important Motion to deal with poaching. Poachers are enemies of our economy. They are enemies of this country. Tourism contributes so much to the economy of this country. Therefore, anybody who interferes with that natural resource is an enemy of this country. Severe penalties should be put in place to ensure that we curb this menace. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this âdigitalâ Government needs to put in place âdigitalâ measures to enable us get to the root cause of poaching. First, we need to find out the destination of the elephant tusks. We realise that some of the destinations are China and Japan. We have cordial relations with these countries. Therefore, we need to approach their embassies and tell them that their citizens should not be involved in this trade. If you cut off the consumer, poachers will not have the kind of field day they currently enjoy. The KWS has been mandated to take care of our wildlife. They should have partnered with the local people, so that they can take care of our wild animals. People who live near our national parks are not poachers. Those are the most appropriate people to be used to defend and protect our wildlife. I do not want to say that KWS officials are corrupt, but they are inefficient. They are ineffective. They have not been able to partner with the local people. In fact, there is human/wildlife conflict just because the KWS has failed to partner with the local people. Therefore, this is a very important Motion. I know that time is not on our side---"
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