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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "must also take care of the sanctity of human life. If somebody kills an elephant he or she is fined Kshs20 million or life imprisonment. If an elephant kills somebody, you are only paid Kshs1 million or Kshs3 million depending on the situation. I think that is not fair. We need to have commensurate compensation on the losses on both sides. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one other thing is that the community role is not appreciated in the Bill. There are many communities that have sacrificed their land. They have given out their grazing lands and the benefit is not actually ploughed back to the communities. I think it is only five per cent benefit that is going to the communities. I would request the Chair to also look into that and increase the benefits to the communities from five per cent to 20 per cent. I will also request for some amendments on Section 10(89) where the offences are. As you are aware, in most times it is the livestock that strays into the national parks in search of grazing areas and water and it is not the liking of the pastoralists or the neighbouring communities. Therefore, those offences are just too harsh. I think we need to be very understanding. We must accommodate both sides – that is the communities that neighbour the national parks and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). I request the Chair to look at Section 10(89) on the offences, especially the grazing areas of national parks and request that at times of extreme drought, the communities be allowed to graze their livestock in parts of the national parks even if it will be at a certain fee. Definitely, the livestock also belongs to Kenya and a lot of people depend on livestock. I know many people derive their livelihoods from livestock. I think we need to harmonize how the wildlife and livestock co-exists within the grazing land."
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