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    "id": 405972,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "habit and go to where human beings live. Even when you have harvested your maize, they come to your home and harvest it as you try to dry it. It is not easy to explain how much suffering our communities have been through. Even in terms of community social responsibility, as they collect funds from the parks and make money, the KWS must be told in so many words that they have to make sure that most of the money they collect must go towards the welfare of the communities living with the wild animals. On Clause 31(2), on the issue of compensation, I am surprised that a figure of one million shillings has been put as the maximum compensation even for a person killed by wildlife. We are talking about bread winners. They are people who have been taking care of their families. It is surprising that the most appropriate amount of money that we have thought of is one million shillings. Is human life worth only a million shillings? I know that the figure has been far less than a million shillings but I believe that a figure of at least Kshs5 million would make more sense than putting it at a maximum of one million shillings. So, it should be at least Kshs5 million. If you go to the penalty clauses, where animals are concerned, you will see figures ranging from Kshs5 million to Kshs10 million. The Bill says that even if you are found with items related to wild animals, you will have to pay so much money in fine as a person who has offended the wild animals. What is shocking is that our wild animals are being considered much more important than human beings. Kenyans are not as important as wild animals. Hon. Speaker, I am a person who really loves animals because I know that they are good for our country. They are a natural resource that God has given us. However, we would want to see our people benefit from their existence. We would want our people to be compensated adequately when they suffer losses as a result of hosting them. As culprits will be severely penalised when they offend wild animals, we would want our people compensated adequately when they incur losses occasioned by wild animals. As I said, elephants have the highest IQ amongst the wild animals. An elephant would leave the national park and go to the farms. In Taveta, I have even seen them doing a balanced diet. They would eat not only maize but also bananas, tomatoes and onions and finally decide that water melons are better for them. That is a balanced diet. The experience that farmers go through when they wake up in the morning is very painful. Elephants do not move in singles or duos. They move in herds of even100. That means whatever you left in the farm as you went to sleep will not be there in the morning. So, the amount of damage and deaths that they cause in those areas is very painful. Hon. Speaker, this Bill is welcome. It is long overdue but we need to come up with some amendments, so that we can have a fair deal as far as our people are concerned. Thank you."
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