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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Today is a great day for this nation. I say so because the Bill that has been in existence was enacted in 1975. You can imagine what issues were there at that particular time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I must thank the hon. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resource for the work they have done. They have done a superb job and they said that they have 90 per cent which is good. I want them to amend the 10 per cent so that this Bill can be 100 per cent good. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look at the challenges the wildlife sector has been having since independence, there has been persistent poaching because of the laws that we have as a country. This Bill is going to address the issue of poaching by bringing to book offenders. It will go a long way in making sure that the menace in this country is finally stopped. As much as everybody has been crying because of the Kshs20 million fine or life imprisonment sentence for poaching, I must say that we must do something as a country. One of my colleagues from Western Province said here that they The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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