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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "country all over the world. These two things are being attacked from all sides. If we do not come together as a House to protect what has made this nation to be known all over the world, we will be losing a lot in this country. Wildlife has been something that has earned this country so much respect; it has earned this country so much money. The human-wildlife conflict is affecting this gain. Poaching has been another big problem we have been facing. There is one thing that we have to accept, the rate of poaching in this country has gone up. The moment the Chinese came to work in this country, we started experiencing this problem. We need to look at it and ask why it has happened. This Bill gives us a way to bring about a co-existence between wildlife and communities. That is the only way that we can maintain what has brought this country a great name. Athletics is at the verge of being killed by doping. The wildlife is equally at the verge of extinction because of poaching. We have to give counties the power to enjoy what the wildlife brings. That will enable the counties to manage what is in the parks. That will give communities an opportunity to appreciate the animals around them. They can love them and take care of them. That is what this Bill does. I know the Bill is not perfect, and many hon. Members have been able to poke into the imperfection for this Bill, but nothing in this world is perfect. Bring amendments to it so that we can help our people. There is one thing that this Bill also mentions about compensation. I agree that compensation is not enough. I also agree that we should take punitive action against those people who come to this country and take advantage of what has been ours to enrich themselves. We have to make sure that we provide enough preventive measures to make sure that animals do not get out of the parks. If they do not get out of the parks, they will not kill human beings. We will not have an issue with compensation. Otherwise, if the Government does not fence these parks, we will end up losing more animals, because this Bill also gives permission to those people who live next to game parks to kill animals in self defence. During drought, most of these animals leave the parks in search of food. They will kill people. On the other hand, people will also kill them in self defence. This will raise many issues of compensation. We will have a disaster."
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