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"content": "Before that law which they brought the other day, if a human being is killed by an elephant, he or she was paid Kshs30,000. Now, they have increased it to Kshs200,000. For ordinary persons to get that money, they spend almost the same amount of money before they get a penny from it. I want to support the Senator for bringing the Motion with amendments to make this a little wider than it was. It is important that we meet, investigate this matter and do the same things that have been done before but the only difference would be, if we pass a law to deal with it. I still doubt whether it will be given assent because I know who owns the wildlife in this country. It is for us to talk about it but when we are told it is a sustained tourism - there are no countries that can sustain the economic development through tourism. It is a business which is very good today and tomorrow, it is not, depending on whether an aircraft has been shot somewhere or something has happened. Tourists can refuse to come because there are many other countries which they can go to. Let us try to be open and stop being so diplomatic all the time in our undertakings and deal with this matter perpendicularly the way it is supposed to be. I thank the Mover and my friend who amended this Motion. I am a member of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations and I will give my support 100 per cent, hoping that something will come out of it. I am not trying to be cynical about this because it is a problem. I would want hon. Members to see it that way. It is not a matter of passing it and expecting it to be accepted but with the new Constitution, God willing, it will go through."
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