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    "id": 53314,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/53314/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage and Culture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support this Bill, provided that after implementation of the county governments and the whole devolution has been done properly through this House, I hope that this Bill will be consistent with the Constitution. The Ministry of Tourism along with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is supposed to manage our principal resources like the Mara Game Reserve and many other wildlife sanctuaries. I will talk particularly about Mara Game Reserve. We have had many problems in Mara which is thoroughly mismanaged. We have many upcoming lodges and hotels inside and outside the Mara Game Reserve and I do not know the people who are supposed to manage it. The KWS has a hand; the Ministry of Tourism has a hand and the County Council is supposed to be the real managers. However, if there is anything that is really mismanaged today, then it is Mara Game Reserve. I do not know who really controls some of the structures that are coming up there. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it comes to devolution, we must really consider that we do not devolve corruption and mismanagement of finances, especially the revenue and embezzlement of funds because it will be very dangerous. I have no mercy with the council and I do not think the Ministry of Tourism has been perfect in getting some of these things. I urge them to do their best when it comes to devolution so that we do not devolve corruption!"
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