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    "id": 461483,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.K. Nyamai",
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also respond to the Chair, Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. First of all, I appreciate that our able Chair took time to find out a few details on when this was gazetted. However, I am shocked by the fact that she says or the Committee says that the investigations have brought out facts--- I am not convinced at all when they say that the reason why they are not taking action is because they do not have legal documents to show that this is a game reserve. I am worried and I feel, first of all, I should have been invited to give the story behind the Statement that I read in this House. That has been repeated in different versions by Members of Parliament from Kitui County. I would also like to point out that I thought that this matter was not taken seriously because the Statement was received by the hon. Member for Galole who I have pointed in this House has interest. You ruled that the hon. Member for Galole and I be invited so that we can discuss this matter. I feel that the response which we have received today does not satisfy me as a person. I am sure that it is a shock to the people of Kitui South who are aware that the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have been guarding the South Kitui Game Reserve. This is the case that the response that we can get from the Chair is that this is not gazetted as a game reserve. So, what is it? I would like to point out to this House again that South Kitui Game Reserve is not a matter of Kitui County but it is a concern to the world now because of the fact we have had media reports of terrorists saying that they passed through or they were rested in South Kitui Game Reserve. I am very uncomfortable with what I have received today. I would like to inform the House and you that I am not satisfied and I feel that it is important that this matter is revisited. We did not expect a four-minute Statement in response to this matter. I am not satisfied with this Statement and I would like to revisit the same and possibly extend this Statement to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. This is because as we discuss the Kitui South Game Reserve now, we are discussing the security of this country and international security. This is the place where nobody knows who lives there and there is a lot to be discussed. Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving this chance. I am not comfortable and I feel that I have not been answered. I also recognize the fact that the second part did not belong to them. I appreciate that they did not take part “b” of the Statement. Thank you, hon. Speakers, Sir."
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