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    "id": 413840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "years or to both such fines and imprisonment”. (c) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after the renumbered sub-Clause (1) – “(2) Any person who commits an offence with respect to this section shall be liable upon conviction – (a) to a fine of not less than five hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years or to both such fine and imprisonment where the offence is committed with respect to a national park, national reserve or national sanctuary; (b) to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings in any other case. The essence of this amendment is that the Bill was criminalising contravention of management plans and lumping contravention of management plans in conservation areas with parks and national reserves. We are proposing the deletion of the fine proposed under this Bill by deleting the words ‘as is liable upon conviction to a fine of not less than five hundred thousand or to an imprisonment of a term of not less than two years”. We feel that this is too high and especially for conservation areas. It would be unfair for a livestock herder to be charged this kind of figure if he contravenes a management plan. We have therefore, separated this offence to criminalising or providing a fine and imprisonment of Kshs500,000 when the contravention of the management plan is in respect to a national park, national reserve or national sanctuary. Then we propose that a fine of not less than Kshs100,000 be charged to those contravening management plans in any other categories of conservation areas."
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