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    "id": 389932,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/389932/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shidiye",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2070,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Muktar Shidiye",
        "slug": "mohamed-muktar-shidiye"
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    "content": "tourism must be used to fence these areas in order to reduce conflict between farmers and the wildlife. Hon. Speaker, in this country security for people is very important. Each time we have an election, we lose many tourists. This is because people fear this country. People fear that violence will erupt. That is why we must reduce the tension. Year in, year out we are always discussing political issues. The political temperatures must be slightly brought down. The infrastructure must be improved. You realize that the road to Mombasa is narrow and small. Tourists even fear travelling on our roads. For the last 50 years we have not improved our roads and yet that is a very important issue. With regard to compensation, when you give Kshs200,000 for life lost, that is despicable. It is reducing human life to nothing. It means that you do not believe in the sanctity of life. The money should be increased to Kshs1 million and even more. We need insurance cover for people in that area who are livestock keepers. It is true that you would spend more money looking for that little Kshs200,000. For injuries you are told that compensation is Kshs50,000 – this is not an amount good enough even to treat the person who is injured. We need to change. Money has lost value in this country. If money paid, say 20 years ago was Kshs200,000 obviously today that amount of money is meaningless; it is a drop in the ocean. It does not compensate adequately the lives of those who are killed by wildlife. If we want to develop tourism, ways of doing that must be found. Our people are custodians of wildlife. We have lived with wildlife side by side. Even during times when elephants breed in excess, they are culled. In Zimbabwe and other countries, they do so. They reduce the numbers of the elephants. When you have excess wildlife it becomes difficult to do farming. It becomes difficult to rear goats and camels. A time has come when we should look at different approaches to tourism. This is an industry that can generate income and improve the lives of our people."
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