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    "content": "I can see hon. Ng’ongo is appreciating this! In my constituency, in one beach alone -we have 15 beaches - in the last two years, we have had three deaths; people who were attacked and killed by crocodiles and they have not been compensated. So, there is a much bigger issue that we are dealing with. Around the lake, right now we are just having nascent horticultural practices coming in and I think hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are in a position to know the effect of hippopotamus on this. So again, we need to look at this in a much broader way. As has been indicated, I have always wondered how issues, and within the Judiciary itself, are handled. For a death, there will be a compensation of say, Kshs2 million. For libel, somebody will be compensated Kshs20 million. I do not know whether the death of some people’s names is more important than the death of human beings. Therefore, the compensation mechanisms as they are now, I think all round need to be looked at. I am happy to note that, perhaps, in the Bill - maybe I should not say that very much because I am anticipating - we need a much larger compensation where life has been lost. In my view, I would urge the Mover and perhaps we will do that in the Bill, that only in cases where a person has been attacked or killed while crossing into a protected area should we allow this minimal compensation. In cases where a person was attacked outside the protected areas and killed, I think we should look at larger compensation, more or less, like what the court gives. That is extremely important, in my mind."
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