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    "id": 552035,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. First, I have to declare that I come from Meru, and Meru National Park is part of Meru County. It is very unfortunate that this incident occurred in Meru National Park. I want to send my condolences to all those who may have lost their lives during this unfortunate incident. I most welcome a fact finding mission by the Senate Committee on Lands and Natural Resources beefed up by the Senate Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. We believe that these two committees will fully investigate this incident and go to the root of the causes of these killings on a historical plain. Meru County has not benefited from Meru National Park. It was a vibrant park in the 1970s. I remember it hosted the world famous Joy Adamson for whom movies and books have been written about the adopted lions, Elsa and her cubs. We used to have a lot of tourists when I was in high school. Indeed, we were competing with Maasai Mara but today, Meru Park is in a sorry state, we have very few local and international visitors. The Mulika Lodge which was then a four star lodge in the 1970s was burnt to the ground. We were the only park with white rhinos which were imported from South Africa. Unfortunately, all those rhinos were shot dead by bandits and Meru National Park became a no go zone for both locals and tourists for a long time until Dr. Richard Leakey became the Director of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in 1980s. He is the one who rescued this park from criminals. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are very happy as Meru County because Dr. Richard Leakey has gone back as the Chairman of KWS. We believe that the past glory of Meru National Park is going to be restored like it was in 1970s. One way of doing that 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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