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    "id": 389987,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this important Motion. I come from a constituency that is covered by a national park and a game reserve. It has the only natural forest in northern Kenya. It has been conserved by generations and that is why it exists today. It is all because of the goodwill of the people of Saku. What we have experienced in not so many years are deaths and injuries of human beings, destruction of crops and killing of livestock by wild animals. This, however, has not put off my people in terms of conserving wildlife. Three weeks ago a peasant farmer, Mr. Dababa of Sagante Location lost his whole flock. This means that he has been thrown into poverty. He is now neither able to feed his family nor send his children to school. What this Motion proposes is placing the responsibility somewhere. It is important that we emphasize with regard to compensation once the Bill comes before this House. People have been killed and others injured but compensation takes so many years to be effected. Many of the victims are very poor and so they do not have access to lawyers. Once the Bill comes before the House those of us from constituencies that are largely affected should be able to robustly contribute to that Bill so that it addresses issues of the day. I also welcome KWS’s partnership with the Government of France to fence off Marsabit Forest. This, by extension, will limit the human-wildlife conflict. The crux of the matter in this Motion is that the people who live in the forest reserves or wildlife sanctuaries must benefit from the conservation of the environment. If their conservation efforts do not pay dividend then the communities will feel that they have no reason to conserve wildlife. It has already been said that the Bill will come before the House. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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