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    "content": "many years back. Kenyans are wondering for how long Kenyan leaders are going to continue weeping about a situation that they can resolve. Madam Temporary Speaker, I remember it took me nine months to bring a Bill to Parliament, which was very important for this country. During my journey to create that situation, I found out that this matter is so involving. We can speak about wildlife here, but there are people outside Kenya who will never allow Kenyans to enjoy this wildlife. Some foreigners want to own these animals in this country and some of them support their welfare but some are just making money out of it. That is why you will find the KWS rangers even killing people purposely. They do it because of the impunity. Nobody can stop them from doing what they are doing, because there has never been a national policy on this matter that is accepted by Kenyans. I really sympathize with my colleague who has brought this Motion. I can feel her pain because Laikipia has the same problem. In fact, we have more wildlife than Amboseli and other national parks. About 25 per cent of the tourists who come to Kenya from overseas visit Laikipia, because we have more wildlife than most national parks in this country. Incidents of people being killed and crop destruction is not news to the people of Laikipia, because this happens almost every other day. As leaders of this country, we continue talking about something that we can, perhaps, take a decision on. With the new Constitution, it is easier for us to formulate an acceptable policy. Before the new Constitution, there was no way you could play around with issues to do with wildlife. If wildlife is our resource, as we are told, what change has it brought to the people who live near the parks? Why is the KWS not able to fence the areas where wildlife live, so that they do not get into conflict with human beings? The killings by wildlife are happening because there is no policy. It will be unmanageable until the day we will have a clear policy over the management of wildlife. If we could pass this Motion and come up with a Bill which we can pass into law, maybe we could manage the situation. But what we are saying now is what we said many years back. We need to know that all the national parks in this country only benefit the county governments in those areas. They have large scale farmers, private conservation and they make good money. It is not news to them when the animals kill people. When I was listening - and knowing the journey we have taken, to where we are now, I hope an angel will come and convince the entire system that there is life in people, not just in wildlife. For example, in Laikipia, they do not care about those who have been killed by wildlife but if one elephant is found dead, they come with helicopter gunships just to look for those people who are in the forest. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have no words regarding this matter because I have seen, talked, researched and brought a Bill here over the same. When the Bill was accepted by the House, we were tricked by the then Minister for Tourism. When the Bill was taken to Mombasa for assent by the President, the Minister had no shame to tell the President that the Bill was very shallow and that within three months, we had to bring a comprehensive Bill. That time he was followed by a chain of others who claimed to own the wildlife. It took seven years for the Government to amend the Act which is currently in use. 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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