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    "content": "is to restore security in Meru National Park. The Meru County Government has very ambitious plans for this park. We want to increase the bed capacity. As it is now, we have only two small facilities; the Leopard Rock and the Elsa Kopje. We cannot accommodate more than 30 visitors in this park. These are very high end facilities. Indeed, this national carrier, Fly 540 flies twice to Meru National Park but they are all booked either in Europe or in a place that we do not know. If you want to sleep in Meru National Park, you will not know how to get there. I have been there as a Member of Parliament (MP) and I could not be served in the two facilities because I was not booked. Madam Temporary Speaker, time has come for us to make this resource available to the locals. We intend to build a museum in the Meru National Park in honour of Joy Adamson. We have talked to the foundation which is willing to support us in constructing this park and also create an animal rescue centre like we see in South Africa. The rhinos have been brought back to Meru National Park. It is the only park with tarmac roads now. In fact, even Tsavo and the others do not have tarmac roads that we have in Meru National Park. We are just looking at a new gate of opportunity for opening up this park. With the kind of insecurity that we are seeing looming around, there is a real threat that our ambitious plans for the park will not be implemented. We have had issues with our neighbours, especially from Isiolo County. We have a boundary issue which we are trying to resolve but it is not within the park. It is outside the park. Sen. Adan will confirm that we have agreed that our two governors produce surveyors and pay them while the Office of the President will supervise the marking of the boundary between Meru and Isiolo counties, so that we can once and for all eliminate the border skirmishes that are frequent within that region. The Governor for Meru has appointed the surveyors but unfortunately, the Governor for Isiolo has not. So, I am using this privilege that I have in the House to request our colleagues in Isiolo and especially the Governor for Isiolo also to appoint the surveyors so that the boundary between Meru and Isiolo can be marked as quickly as possible. We will cooperate. We want to be friends because there are many people in Meru who work and live in Isiolo. They are our brothers and sisters, and we want to continue our friendship with them. We welcome the Borana Community who are in Meru. There are some who are already working and living there; we invite them to continue enjoying and living in Meru. We want to promote good neighbourliness between these two counties but we should not allow issues which do not concern the individuals to be the ones causing tension between us. Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the park, I would like to request our brothers and sisters from Isiolo also to respect the boundaries of this park. We appreciate that there are some times when it gets very dry and the animals have to be taken wherever there is grass but, surely, not in the national park because they will be competing there with other resources. We need wild animals in the park. We need elephants, lions and giraffes. These animals also need grass. Tourism will not succeed if we allow livestock into the park."
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