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    "content": "right leg; Abduba Mukta Rungiti, shot in the right leg; Mohamed Hassan Duba; Golicha Mohamed Sheriff, shot in the leg, Hussein Fugicha Boru; Mustafa Huka, shot in the leg and Mohamed Guyo Wanga, shot in the right leg. All these youth were shot by the KWS rangers after the demonstration. One of them was killed during that particular incident. It is important to note that these youth were not armed. It is sad that the KWS rangers used live bullets on innocent youth who were demonstrating peacefully. So, we have to take serious action against those who are behind all these and come up with an amicable resolution. Many residents have been tortured and sustained permanent body injuries at the hands of the KWS rangers. They include Sarite Dido, who has a fractured hand; Waqo Liban, who has a rib fracture and multiple body cuts and Abdullahi Wario Goliche, who is castrated. This is really very serious because he is now kaput . There is also Abdullahi Jillo who is disabled; Waqo Guyo Tillo, who is bedridden and Okotu Jillo, who has multiple fractures. What is happening in this particular area is really serious. We need urgent attention from the Government and this Senate to make sure that we have resolved the conflict between the communities and the KWS. These people border the national park and need to benefit from the resources accruing from that national park. Instead, they are being tortured and even killed. The residents are harassed by rangers and are subjected to constant unlawful surveillance, where they harass members of the community; and this must stop. The few casual staff hired from the community to work in the park are continuously harassed by the management, some have been arbitrarily sacked or transferred to distant areas and denied permanent jobs. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that these communities benefit from the national park but unfortunately, they do not. They are only getting frustrations for being in the neighbourhood of the national park. The management of the park is disinterested in meeting local leaders to solve the issues and has constantly ignored overtures by the leaders. When there are issues, it is important for the communities and leaders of the park to sit and come up with an amicable solution to the problem that they are facing. Unfortunately, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers are not ready to come and resolve these issues with the members of the public. This is very critical, the community wildlife forum was deliberately weakened and later abolished by the Meru National Park management, resulting in the abolishment of any coordination and cooperation between KWS and the community. This is something that affects the whole country because if there is no proper structure in place to make sure that wildlife and the communities live harmoniously, then it means the wild life is going to be killed. There is no proper conservation that is taking place and as a country, we are going to lose revenue because this is very difficult. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is urgent need to bring the communities together with the KWS. The pastoralists are denied an opportunity to graze their livestock in the national park during the drought season. They should be given an opportunity to graze their animals within the park. It is important if KWS can come up with mechanisms to allow the pastoralists graze their livestock in the park. This has been practiced in other countries and it is very important. Right now, the situation is very bad. In fact, the community is saying that KWS is not going to pass 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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