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    "content": "With regard to 88 elephants which were killed in Tsavo, from January, that is also included in my Report where I gave figures of all the elephants and rhinos killed. That would touch on all the elephants killed before 25th June when this Report was made. Sen. Billow said that most poaching is done in private parks and that we should find a way of either moving the animals or changing the policy in protecting animals that are in private parks. According to the learned Senator, he read somewhere that, that constitutes about 80 per cent of the poaching menace. With regard to this, I do not want to qualify the issue of moving animals because that would kill private parks which are also enterprises within Kenya. Maybe we should be talking about how to enhance the security therein. As I gave the Report yesterday, I also gave a list of all the private parks and what the KWS has done to support them. I said that the KWS has given the police vehicles because the national heritage of the wildlife is not only limited in national parks but also extends to private reserves. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. ole Ntutu asserted that KWS may be involved in the killings. I would like to state here, without doubt, that KWS is not involved but if there is an officer who could be a crook and we know that all officers in the Kenya Government are not saints, if such an officer is found, he or she should be treated like any other poacher. The same fate should befall anybody who is employed by Government who is involved in breaking the law. Sen. Kagwe brought up the issue of drones. I have mentioned that in terms of the new superior technologies, that can be utilized. I do not want to comment on the offer given by the United States of America (USA), but notwithstanding, I believe maybe not one drone will be enough for all the parks. If the drones were actually offered by the US Government, if Sen. Kagwe has such information, he should let the Chairman have the information and I promise to personally and passionately move that issue forward because it will save this country a lot of efforts. With regard to the elephant corridor between Mt. Kenya and the Aberdares, I did not have that request in the Statement but I am not going to close it up. If Sen. Mutahi would like to bring it up as a supplementary question we are going to address the issue including any other issues that can improve our parks. I am talking about the suggestion to remove commercial grazing and having a corridor between the national parks and migration corridors so that this kind of projects, particularly the ones that involve money can actually be implemented in the future. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of demands in China and the Far East that was also contained in my report and the mitigating factors that have been put in place, this were explained. I would like to make sure that this answer is given to all Senators who have an interest in reading through, so that at least even after we have finished reading, I will appreciate comments which we can take up later in our Committee so that we make sure the matter is addressed to the satisfaction of Members. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of officers crying over a dead elephant, I do not want to say that it is bad to cry when what you are guarding has been killed. It The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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