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    "id": 551983,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": ".: Madam Temporary Speaker, in the first instance, I want to thank Sen. Adan for this important and well detailed Motion. The statistics that I have in front of me about the extrajudicial killings, the people who are missing, the people who have sustained permanent body injuries, others who have been threatened and others who have been maimed, it is very saddening. To say that this is a crisis would be an understatement in every sense of the word. As I rise to support this, I must say that I relate to the events, sufferings and mistreatments of residents and the illegalities perpetuated by the KWS, particularly from my county Makueni because they are doing the same. In the case of Makueni, a young girl was beaten up by KWS rangers, it is now four months and the Director of Public Prosecution has been unable to prosecute the persons who did this to a young girl in Kibwezi. Therefore, when I saw this Motion, I thought it appears to be a blessing in disguise because I relate to every suffering. The community in Isiolo has been suffering in the same way other communities are suffering, in the sense that KWS who are supposed to protect wildlife have become an enemy of the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, it appears that the prosecution system has failed or they are in bed with KWS who have taken the law in their own hands and nobody appears to deal with these people. While we appreciate that wildlife is a national treasure and that this country is making a lot of money from it, there is no place in this Constitution where wildlife has been given priority to human life. If we must say so for them to hear, let them hear because I want to say it. The Constitution says that every person has a right to their dignity and life, unless taken away through due process. The KWS or any other person does not have that right and will never have it, provided that the law of the jungle has not been substituted in Kenya. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Act assented to in 2013by His Excellency the President has not helped. The reason is that somebody somewhere who is required by law to make regulations that would ensure that part of the Acts that require some of these things that Sen. Adan is talking about would be put into perspective has not done his job. For example, if there is a complaint by a person in Isiolo or Makueni on a KWS ranger who has caused the disappearance and kidnapping in the case of Isiolo, there is no method provided in the Act itself for a complaint. However, if the regulations that were contemplated in the Act were then put into place, it would be possible for Sen. Adan, the people of Isiolo and many other places in this Republic, to make a complaint. That complaint will then cause the police to take action against KWS because I have said before that KWS rangers together with many other agencies of security in this Republic 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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